What exactly are you talking about?
And then this.
July 4, 2011: [Texas] Rule requiring drivers to prove citizenship now law As the House early last month debated a must-pass finance bill, one member slipped in language that puts into law a controversial Texas Department of Public Safety policy requiring driver's license applicants to show they're in the country legally.
The amendment, added by Rep. Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie, to the education funding bill legislators needed to balance the state budget had originally been included in Senate Bill 9, the so-called "sanctuary cities" bill that failed in the special session. It also had appeared in an omnibus homeland security bill by Sen. Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands, that died in the regular session.
The new law approved last Tuesday makes some tweaks to a 2008 DPS policy that prevents illegal immigrants from getting a driver's license and created a special license for temporary visitors. The rules require Texans applying for or renewing their license to show they are citizens or are in the country legally.
By putting it into law the state potentially undermines an ongoing lawsuit that argues DPS doesn't have authority to check legal status."....
I think Perry is a business as usual politician who is ducking a tough stance on illegal immigration by speaking at the edges of the issue.
Heck, even Arizona’s SB 1070 was a political ploy by a moderate Republican Jan Brewer to hustle conservatives and win re-election as Arizona governor in 2010.
She signed the law, got the credit for signing it while the courts tied up implementing the law anyway. NO ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW WITH A MODERATE REPUBLICAN GETTING THE CREDIT FOR SIGNING THE BILL.
Rick Perry is part of a political game right now designed to split up grassroots conservtive votes so Mitt Romney can be the GOP nominee in 2012.
That’s my bottom line.