You may well have a good point on Perry’s acceptance of stimulus money. On the Az issue, I saw Perry with my own eyes REJECT their strategy. That is weak, IMO. Re the in-state tuition for illegals issue, I simply have a big philosophical difference about this. Americans owe illegals nothing, IMO. There are many good folks among the illegals, but there is no question that the coddling of Hispanics illicitly entering has placed an unbearable burden on our education, medical and penal systems. There is no argument on this one. Bob
He never ONCE rejected their strategy. He supported it!
It was not good law for Texas or even really needed except in the Sanctuary Cities which he tried to get it passed. The great majority of Texas Sheriffs are republicans who already enforce the laws on the books. Do you even have a clue what kind of burden this puts on our counties who have to hold these people for MONTHS waiting on the feds to act? Texas is NOT ARIZONA! A LOT of their Sheriffs are DEMOCRATS that don’t want to enforce federal laws. Texas is FOUR TIMES BIGGER than Arizona, with a border 1200 miles long as opposed to Arizona’s 300 miles. It is insane to try to build a fence across 1200 miles of open wilderness where illegals can crawl right over it in two minutes! Not to mention fighting off lawsuits by the many property owners that don’t want the fence built! Governor Perry has put more armed manpower and money on that border than the feds we pay to protect it. He’s also putting 100 returning vets down ther as game wardens who can go on any property without a warrant, including federal park lands, armed to the gils. He knows the only thing that is going to stop the influx of illegals is armed personnel.
Now if you want to buy the democratic propaganda that Perry is weak on illegal immigration, again I can’t stop you. And I can’t stop the democrats laughing at your arse while you do it.