A woman who donned a University of Texas at San Antonio T-shirt approached the 44-year-old former mayor of San Antonio. A mother of a UTSA graduate, she beckoned Castro for a photo, throwing up the famous Texan hand sign.
Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics and policy. He taught political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio and DePauw University and wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.
Maria Rocha does not generally discuss her immigration status with her third-graders at a San Antonio charter school. Sometimes, though, one finds out that she lacks legal authorization to live in the country, often a child in similar circumstances.
Texas State Troopers patrol the Rio Grande at the U.S.-Mexico border on August 18 near McAllen, Texas. Securing the U.S.-Mexico border has become a major issue in the U.S. Presidential campaign, which is strange since Mexican migration to the U.S. is at net zero.