A new poll released by the University of Texas and the Texas Tribune – conducted before the Paris terrorist attacks – reveals that Texas voters overwhelmingly view illegal immigration and foreign terrorist groups as the greatest threats facing the United States. As the Tribune reported, Daron Shaw – co-director of the poll and a professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin – said the following about the results: Even before the terrorist attacks in Paris last Friday, Texans expressed deep concern over border security. I may be going out on a limb here, but I doubt Texas voters agree with Bernie Sanders' statement [in Saturday's Democratic debate] that climate change represents a more urgent threat than jihadist terrorism. A majority (55 percent) of those surveyed agreed with the statement that "undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States should be deported immediately."  Almost half (48...(Read Full Post)