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“We must say to every Texas child learning in a Texas classroom, ‘we don’t care where you come from, but where you are going, and we are going to do everything we can to help you get there. And that vision must include the children of undocumented workers."

-Rick Perry. The Patron saint of border jumpers.

"“We must say to every Texas child learning in a Texas classroom, ‘we don’t care where you come from, but where you are going, and we are going to do everything we can to help you get there. And that vision must include the children of undocumented workers."

-Rick Perry. The Patron saint of border jumpers.

Now lets compare this with say the position of what many on FR consider a liberal leaning Republican President's Teddy Roosevelt:"We should insist that if the immigrant who comes here does in good faith become an American and assimilates himself to us he shall be treated on an exact equality with every one else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed or birth-place or origin.

But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American and nothing but an American. If he tries to keep segregated with men of his own origin and separated from the rest of America, then he isn't doing his part as an American. There can be no divided allegiance here. . . We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language, for we intend to see that the crucible turns our people out as Americans, of American nationality, and not as dwellers in a polyglot boarding-house; and we have room for but one soul loyalty, and that is loyalty to the American people."

So I think I am safe in saying Perry is very left of center on immigration.

So? If an 8 year old, or 10 year old, or hell, even 15 year old CHILD is dragged across the border into Texas, that’s the CHILD’S fault?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2762131/posts

I’m ok with (yes, ILLEGAL) students who meet these requirements paying in-state tuition. I think this is a sensible and fair decision. If a student is in college, they are less likely to be robbing, raping, or killing their fellow Americans.

Don’t throw the babies out with the bathwater.