At that time, the majority of Texans were for the bill.
There are many kids who were brought over by illegal parents and had no course but to live their lives here. Many Texans have kids who go to school with those in that scenario.
Those kids grew up together and they in their minds as well as others were American.
Perry represents Texans and if the majority were for it, then he was going to sign it.
The Bill was designed to help kids who were brought over when they were young by their parents and had been attending schools in Texas most of their lives.
There are not a huge amount of immigrant kids who were brought over by their parents who take advantage of the in state tuition because they usually cannot afford it or have the grades to qualify.
We are talking about 50-60K students over a period of about the last 20 years and they do pay their “reduced” tuition.
People who say the law invites illegals to come over the border do not understand what the bill requires.
The Federal Government is the one responsible for the illegals coming over for not securing the border which is its constitutional duty. Texas is just dealing with the problems we are dealt thanks to the Fed Gov.
Texas was sued for not educating the illegals and lost in a court of law. At that point Texas and all other states were forced to provide education to the illegals even though the Federal Government did nothing to stop the flow.
Perry will represent the tax payers and what they want which is what he is suppose to do. Representation of Taxation.
If the majority of Texans start telling their reps in the Texas Legislature they are not fond of the law any longer and cause a stir, then the Legistlature may repeal it.
And if that were to happen, Perry would sign the law repealing it.
Leadership is acting on what is best for the state and country, not just going along with the crowd.
Giving people who have no right to be here preference over Americans has given all non-Americans outside the country the encouragement to break our laws to get here, leaving us in the current state.
Perry was wrong then, and is wrong now to assist lawbreakers and we see the wave of illegals coming across now as the consequence for his actions.