The Texas secession saga continues as the state has garnered thousands of signatures on a petition to secede from the United States. However, not all of Texas wants out. El Paso has started its own petition saying it wants to secede from the state of Texas if the state secedes from the country.
The White House "We the People" site has been flooded with petitions from every state, stating that they want to secede from the United States after the re-election of President Obama. These petitions has gained thousands of signatures.
One of the first states to start a petition was Texas. At this point, the Texas secession petition has over 113,000 signatures.
According to the site, "If a petition meets the signature threshold, it will be reviewed by the Administration and we will issue a response. Under this threshold, a petition needs 25,000 signatures in 30 days.
Since Texas surpassed the threshold, the Obama administration owes the state some attention.
However some are against the idea of Texas seceding. Austin filed a petition earlier this week asking to secede from the state if Texas secedes from the U.S. Now El Paso is joining them.
El Paso filed a petition on Tuesday which reads:
"Allow the city of El Paso to secede from the state of Texas. El Paso is tired of being a second class city within Texas.
El Paso has little in common with the rest of Texas. Its demographics are more similar to New Mexico. El Paso is also proud to be part of the United States and wants no part of a state whom publicly contemplates secession from our great nation"
So far the petition has received over 1,100 signatures and has until December 13 to reach the 25,000 threshold.
El Paso County Judge Veronica Escobar told Hispanic Business that she sees the measure as "tongue-in-cheek and it's funny." She also explained why El Paso feels that they are a "second class city."
"They (the state) don't necessarily see us as a second-class city, but I see that the state historically has not been effective at adequately funding El Paso compared to other communities," Escobar said.
She cited an example of the way that Texas distributes federal funding for health care.
"The state of Texas is considered one of the poorest states because of border communities like El Paso," Escobar said. "They (the state) use our poverty to pull down more funds, then turn around and give the money to wealthier counties like Bexar County, Travis County and Harris County. I have had my own frustrations with being in a state that in some ways many times can harm us."
It is not clear if the president will actually release a statement on all of these petitions.
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