Noriega apparently is running for Senate against Cornyn. I guess there are some doubts about Cornyn, but Noriega seems very pro illegal. I'm not a Texan, but being from Illinois where there is almost zero chance of getting rid of a Democrat in the Senate, I hope we don't lose any of those willing to stand up for our views.

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/n ... riega.html

Noriega, whose great-grandmother crossed into Texas from Mexico in 1916, is author of a law permitting in-state college tuition rates for illegal immigrants.

He said Senate inaction on immigration showed Cornyn's inability to work across party lines. Cornyn, like many Republicans, did not go along with what had been pitched as compromise legislation bringing Democrats and the White House together.

Noriega favored the bill.

Norieg aaccused Cornyn of pandering to a "fringe ideology" by voting to have a fence built on stretches of the U.S.-Mexico border. Noriega called the fence a waste of money unlikely to stem illegal immigration.