Ballotpedia, Santos Limon

Santos was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He attended Southwest Texas Junior College, the Saltillo Institute of Technology in Coahuila, Mexico, the George Meany Center for Labor Studies, and the University of Nebraska at Kearney. He is married to his wife, Alma, and they have 5 children and 2 grandchildren.

Santos is a civil engineer and small business owner. He began his career with Union Pacific Railroad in systems administration and has worked in transportation infrastructure, design, logistics, and construction.

Santos Limon's campaign for US representative is his first run for public office.

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KVIA, Santos Limon, candidate for US Rep Dist 23 (Texas)

Supports legislation to enhance international trade and support entrepreneurs and small business owners in Texas.

Opposes any reductions to Social Security and Medicare.

Aims to bring economic prosperity and innovative transportation solutions.

Supports strong trade relations with Mexico, highlighting that nearly $1.7 billion in goods and services cross the U.S.-Mexico border daily and that trade between the two countries exceeded $779 billion in 2022.

- Supports legislation to enhance international trade and support entrepreneurs and small business owners in Texas.
- Opposes any reductions to Social Security and Medicare.
- Aims to bring economic prosperity and innovative transportation solutions.
- Supports strong trade relations with Mexico, highlighting that nearly $1.7 billion in goods and services cross the U.S.-Mexico border daily and that trade between the two countries exceeded $779 billion in 2022.
- Advocates credit reform and regulation.

Economy

Supports adding technology and security measures, such as the 911 Good Samaritan tool, to public schools to protect children from mass shootings.

Advocates nationalizing legalized marijuana.

Supports gun control measures like raising the minimum age requirement to 21, improved background checks, risk protection orders, and banning bump stocks.

- Supports adding technology and security measures, such as the 911 Good Samaritan tool, to public schools to protect children from mass shootings.
- Advocates nationalizing legalized marijuana.
- Supports gun control measures like raising the minimum age requirement to 21, improved background checks, risk protection orders, and banning bump stocks.

Public Safety

Wants to "fight to strengthen the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in Texas."

Plans to increase the number of community clinics and rural medical centers in the 23rd district to serve underserved populations by pursuing legislation and federal grants.

Believes the 23rd District of Texas faces significant health care challenges, including medically underserved minority and rural communities, and high rates of uninsured or underinsured children and parents.

Prioritizes addressing significant health care challenges, including medically underserved minority and rural communities, and high rates of uninsured or underinsured children and parents.

- Wants to "fight to strengthen the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in Texas."
- Plans to increase the number of community clinics and rural medical centers in the 23rd district to serve underserved populations by pursuing legislation and federal grants.
- Prioritizes addressing significant health care challenges, including medically underserved minority and rural communities, and high rates of uninsured or underinsured children and parents.

Healthcare

Supports universal pre-kindergarten programs and affordable college education.

Plans to expand infrastructure and equipment funding for schools in the 23rd District, including underserved, low-income public schools.

- Supports universal pre-kindergarten programs and affordable college education.
- Plans to expand infrastructure and equipment funding for schools in the 23rd District, including underserved, low-income public schools.

Education

As of September 7, 2024, Santos Limon’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Energy & the Environment

Voting & Elections

Supports modernizing land ports of entry and security infrastructure, enhancing U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) vehicles and checkpoints, providing technology and tools for CBP agents, and increasing their salaries to reduce attrition.

Supports legal residency (green cards) for DREAMers based on merit, prioritizing those with higher educational degrees.

Supports legal residency (green cards) for immigrants based on merit, prioritizing those with higher educational degrees.

Supports the naturalization of "DREAMERS" (children who immigrated to the U.S. without legal permission) who have served at least four years in the U.S. Armed Forces.

Believes immigration is central to America's identity and opposes inhumane enforcement of immigration laws.

Believes in sending federal judges to the border to clear the backlog of asylum claims.

Supports sending federal judges to the border to clear the backlog of asylum claims.

Supports enhancing border security infrastructure to maximize inspections, support Customs and Border Protection personnel, and broaden enforcement with modern technologies.

- Supports modernizing land ports of entry and security infrastructure, enhancing U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) vehicles and checkpoints, providing technology and tools for CBP agents, and increasing their salaries to reduce attrition.
- Supports legal residency (green cards) for immigrants based on merit, prioritizing those with higher educational degrees.
- Supports the naturalization of "DREAMERS" (children who immigrated to the U.S. without legal permission) who have served at least four years in the U.S. Armed Forces.
- Believes immigration is central to America's identity and opposes inhumane enforcement of immigration laws.
- Supports sending federal judges to the border to clear the backlog of asylum claims.
- Supports enhancing border security infrastructure to maximize inspections, support Customs and Border Protection personnel, and broaden enforcement with modern technologies.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

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Santos Limon

Santos Limon was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and moved to Del Rio, Texas, where he graduated from Del Rio High School. He attended Southwest Texas Junior College, the Saltillo Institute of Technology in Coahuila, Mexico, the George Meany Center for Labor Studies, and the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Santos is married to his wife, Alma, and they have a blended family of five children and two grandchildren.

Santos Limon is a civil engineer and small business owner. He began his career with Union Pacific Railroad in systems administration and has worked in transportation infrastructure, design, logistics, and construction.

As of September 12, 2024, S. Limon’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Aims to balance the interests of communities reliant on international trade with those of small-town economies as a U.S.-Mexico border district representative.

Believes in fostering economic growth through job creation, small business support, and infrastructure development.

Has spent his entire adult life working in transportation infrastructure, design, logistics and construction.

Supports improving transportation and infrastructure.

Believes in the importance of transportation for economic development.

Supports a "global movement of goods and people."

The candidate's website says, "His entrepreneurial spirit didn’t stop there—Santos went..."

Plans to establish successful businesses while remaining deeply connected to his communities.

Aims to "drive economic progress and introduce world-class transportation solutions to."

Believes in leveraging achievements and leadership in commerce and transportation to enhance economic development.

Believes in fostering economic growth through entrepreneurship and small business development.

Promises to "fight for lower healthcare costs..."

Believes in negotiating for better healthcare coverage and plans.

Believes in affordable and accessible healthcare for all, including support for public health initiatives and medical research.

Believes education is crucial for future success and opposes educational inequity.

Believes in supporting quality education and ensuring access to educational opportunities for all children.

Believes in securing funds to enhance and propose new infrastructure projects in the 23rd District to ensure Texas remains "secure and competitive in the global marketplace."

Supports advancing and proposing infrastructure projects to boost economic growth, expand trade, and improve the quality of life for residents in the 23rd District.

Believes in the economic benefits of infrastructure projects for community development.

Wants to invest in infrastructure projects to facilitate trade and maintain Texas's global competitiveness.

Believes rail workers' contributions to safe and reliable transport are vital yet often go unnoticed, highlighting their importance in creating a "greater good, vision, and future."

Believes in local representation, saying "Democrat Santos Limon, born and raised along the border, has been hitting the campaign trail hard in Texas’ vast District 23."

Supports comprehensive immigration reform that allows undocumented immigrants to obtain legal residency.

Supports "stronger efforts upstream in the immigration routes, through collaborative enforcement partnerships in Central America, to reduce the volume of immigrants arriving at our border."

Believes in securing the border and reforming immigration policies to address labor needs and humanitarian concerns.

Believes the current situation at the Southern border is "unacceptable" and a result of both parties failing to cooperate.

S. Limon

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