By Juan Montoya
Trying to get a feel for where District 38 Texas Rep. Eddie Lucio III stands on President Donal J. Trump's "zero-tolerance" policy that results in the forcible separation of minors from their parents is like pulling teeth.
Up to now, Lucio III (or E3 as he is called), has limited himself to push for the legalization of medical cannabis and legalizing sports betting with a dose of breast-beating godliness in governance thrown in for good measure.
E3 has delayed issuing his stand on the universally-condemned policy of tearing children from their parents and housing them in cages, detention centers, and now, in a tent city in Tornillo, Texas as temperatures hover in the triple digits.
On Wednesday, an office staff person told us that that they were assessing the "conversation" swirling about the issue but that the state rep has delayed issuing a statement until he can assess which way the political winds are blowing.
The staffer did say that E3 would eventually issue a statement sometime before 5 p.m. today. With so many different viewpoints and the passions swirling around the matter, the staffer said that he thought that immigration was a federal matter.But when reminded that not only has congressman Fil Vela condemned Trump's polices, but that locally Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño, Mayor Tony Martinez and the City of Brownsville commission as well as other elected representatives have joined in the condemnation of the policies, he said E3 was with them and called the separation of minors from parents "horrible."
Finally, after we called his office, an E3 came out later that afternoon defending the migrants with a statement that was issued after Trump back pedaled and signed an executive order banning the separations. "Disgraceful and immoral" he called it. What a courageous act, hey?
(Coincidentally(?), E3's statement was issued at the same time that Treviño came out with an identical one.)
All this comes as we are reminded that E3 – until recently when the the U.S. Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement cut off funding for International Educational Services – was getting a hefty salary and other compensation yearly as VP of of External Affairs/Legal Services for that outfit.
According to the IRS reports filed by IES, E3 received the following.
2014: $125,011, and $14,301 in other compensation
2015: $119,559, and $3,587 in other compensation
And what did IES do? They housed unaccompanied minors from Central America who had often been separated from their families and housed until they could be placed with other relatives or in foster homes.
IES is now in hot water with the feds trying to explain some $30 million in unaccounted funds. Will the federal government need the testimony of its VP Legal Counsel to straighten out the mess?
(Note: The IRS report indicates that E3 reported working 40 hours a week for IES for his pay. Between attending the legislative session and working for the various clients including Valley Crossing Pipeline LLC and various water districts, where did this hard-working public servant find time to put in a full 40 for his federally-funded pay?)
Just like daddy (Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr.), E3 quickly distanced himself from the Valley Crossing Pipeline when environmentalists questioned his advocacy with the company.
"I don't represent LNG. There was a pipeline company completely unaffiliated with LNG that is just moving natural gas to Mexico,” Lucio said in an interview. “We have withdrawn as counsel, we heard some concerns from environmentalists,” he told News Center 23’s Marlane Rodriguez in an interview.
For the meantime, however – and since the gravy train is gone – E3 can decry the nasty Trump for separation children from their parents, especially since it doesn't pay him anything anymore.
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These faithless Lucio fucktards are only it for themselves, Montoya. Why kid your Brown ass, bro?
Eddie lucio the TURD, es puro you know what y mamon, wont do any a thing or lift a finger unless he earns some gratuity. puro cool arrow.
The cucios were part owners of IEs!!!
Both lucios need to go but no body with enough money can challenge them. They are no better than olivera. They have sold their soul to Satan.
How much money is "enough money"?
That's what people were saying oliveira and look what happened. It's their turn.
e3 = excremento-3
Its such a shame that the Texas Tribune only has his income statement through 2015....Someone PLEASE FOIA his ass and publicize all the income from the various entities in his very own district for "consulting work." Full page ad or two in Brownsville Herald could go a long way to shining a light on this pinche cucaracho!
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#FamiliesBelongTogether Rally
On Thursday, June 28th, families, advocates, and allies will hold a rally in the park across the street from the Brownsville Federal Court, where immigrants are being prosecuted en masse for crossing the border into the United States, and then separated from their children.
ACLU, Rio Grande Valley Equal Voice Network, United We Dream, National Domestic Workers Alliance, Moms Rising, Move On, and America’s Voice will come together to call for an end to the Trump administration's inhumane practice of separating children from their parents.
This effort is part of the ongoing #FamiliesBelongTogether campaign to stop the separation of families.
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To anonymous from June 21,2018@ 12:25 pm If Dumb Rene hadn't gotten arrested for his DWI,he would have won the election. His DWI was a blessing to Dominquez and that all i gotta say about that. The DWI was just too much and unless the lucios get indicted or in trouble aint nobody going beat them. money talks in this county. the voters especially the lower class can be bought with a plate of chicken
I object, it takes a chicken plate and live music to garner my vote!
ALL YOU PUSSIES DONT HAVE THE BALLS OR MONEY TO BEAT THE LUCIOS. ADIOS MO FOS.
Lightning can always hit twice. In this case it's just itching...
for my vote a night at cobbledicks all expenses paid
Corruption +corruption = the Scumbag Black Mamba Rene Oliveira what will happen to his DWI it gets lost in the DAsoffice.
Just like that guy working at the children' detention center, lost in the DA's files err! office...
Juan, you dropped the ball and fumbled the Oliveira follow through story. What gives? Have you asked DA DA? Get him to buy the lady a new car, pay for the medical services, pay for mental and physical anguish and nomas por el chignon que se cree. What is he doing now? Living in the capts house?
Cronyism and hypocrisy rife and rampant, elitism, and vote finagling. Desirable and/or publicly approved attitude is lost.
Once you have Saenz on your payroll, he will be yours for life. Ask Rene Oliveira?. Why he's still driving a night.
Mylar blanket maybe the first lady should have worn a mylar jacket...
To June 22 @ 1:19 am. Such arrogance !! I think y'all need a bit of humble pie .
To June 21, 2018 at 8:34 PM A LUCIO SUPPORTER
This the way a lucio supporter thinks about citizens of Brownsville just READ: "the voters especially the lower class can be bought with a plate of chicken"
This is the way most incumbents think just like the ex state rep. that's why he got caught and still continues his crooked path.
If you think this Trump zero tolerance/separation of children mess is bad, we have our own mess that the Lucios went along with called UTRGV. Does anybody know if President Guy Bailey said in email last September 2017 that he expected people to leave UTRGV and he didn't care? I have heard it was in the context that the UTRGV administration knows that UTRGV salaries are low for a UT System university and they want to keep them low. Would it be because they are losing their student population in Brownsville? Maybe this is Bailey's way of trying to make up for all the student enrollment problems. As it is now, Brownsville is often left out when UTRGV events occur. They are all held in Edinburg. If UTRGV actually gets a Division I football team, you can guess where the stadium will be located and games played. The UTRGV campus in Brownsville is just an after-thought.
When he first came here he ask is there was color tv and running water...
He and his dad will always play the side that makes them the most money, no morals. Ehhh, but they don't care. 3 learned well from 2 . Like father, like son ?
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