Letter to Texas State Representative & Proposed Solution to Issues Paper

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Letter to your State Representative or Senator:

This assignment should help you get to know your own member of the State Legislature!

This assignment is broken down into two parts:

1. Current Event Article, 10%: You’ll need to pick a current event about politics in Texas from news outlets to write about. Choose any news article about your current event (dated January 1, 2017 or later) from a newspaper, magazine, or other reputable news outlet. Include the link to the article and turn it in with your letter. You must note on there where the article is from and date of publication, for example, “From Texas Tribune, published May 23, 2017.”

2. Letter, 90%:

You’ll need to write a letter about the current event you’ve chosen – yes, it should actually be formatted as a letter.

The letter should…

  1. be addressed to the correct Texas Representative or Senator who represents you
  2. explain that you are their constituent
  3. describe the current event chosen with some detail and how the author addressed the issue
  4. explain what the state of Texas has done in the past to address this issue
  5. explain your position on the issue
  6. ask for their opinion
  7. propose solution(s) to solve the issue in the form of new bill, amendments to a previous bill, etc.
  8. explain why your representative should be convinced with your proposed solution(s) and what objection(s) it may face and from which groups

Format: use language suitable for communicating with a member of Texas House or Senate

Letter must be typed, Times New Roman size 12 font, with 1-inch margins on all sides and the body of your letter should be 1 to 2 pages single-spaced.

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Explanation & Answer

Attached.

Running head: POLITICS IN TEXAS

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Politics in Texas
Name
Institution
Date

POLITICS IN TEXAS

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Your Name Here
Your Address Here
Texas.
5/17/2019
Ted Cruz
Senator, Texas
Texas City
To Senator Ted Cruz,
Halo Senator, I hope this finds you well. I am a resident of Texas, and I am deeply
concerned about the politics surrounding immigration policies in Texas. Major immigration issues
widely vary from one state to the other; however, Texas has been in the forefront when it comes
to immigration. There has been an influx in the number of undocumented immigrants in Texas and
the U.S in general. Almost 60% of the undocumented immigrants come from Mexico and this
according to Shear and Ember (2019), subjects Texas to higher security risks. National security is
an issue of utmost importance to every U.S citizen, and the federal and national governments are
often doing their best to ensure the safety of every American.
Shear and Ember (2019) further determine that the cu...


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I was having a hard time with this subject, and this was a great help.

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