Posted on 09/23/2011 6:54:44 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
THE TRUTH FOUND A VOICE IN RICK PERRY
FoxNews-Google GOP Primary Debate [September 22, 2011] Gov. Rick Perry: [snip] ………If you say that we should not educate children who have come into our state for no other reason than that they've been brought there, through no fault of their own, I don't think you have a heart. We need to be educating these children because they will become a drag on our society. I think that's what Texans wanted to do. Out of 181 members of the Texas legislature, when this issue came up -- only four dissenting votes. This was a state issue. Texas voted on it. And I still support it greatly. [end] Texas Gov. Rick Perry responding to a question by Chris Wallace
Gov. Rick Perry has stated (for years) that the U.S. border with Mexico must be sealed. He has requested assistance (many people on the ground and drones in the air for Intel – he has studied how this is done in Israel). As Governor of Texas, he has been rebuked in person by the current president, who refuses his pleas for the Federal government to do its duty and provide the necessary means by which to seal our country’s international border with Mexico. The governor’s written requests go unheeded.
Texas spends hundreds of millions of dollars of state money to defend its border with Mexico. An elite Texas Ranger unit, put together by Perry, is working to hold the line on our border. Rick Perry has stated that fences do work in urban areas but are not effective, let alone feasible, along the 2000 mile Mexico - U.S. border (1200 miles in Texas alone). The Federal government ignores this problem, while at the same time blaming and punishing border governors when they try to protect their states. People in other states, without understanding the facts, blame border governors when this federally manufactured problem spreads into their states.
President Obama believes security is just fine on the border (better in fact than before he took office) and frankly, he’s following past examples where foreigners are allowed to cross into the U.S., where those with work visas are allowed to slip into U.S. society without any earnest, federal or court action to prevent it, where states are not allowed to ask children their legal status before attending school, where healthcare is accessible to everyone and where federal “social justice” programs have been put into place, thus beginning the progressive process of teaching new generations that it is “normal” to be dependent on government largess. [funded by those “more fortunate” Americans]
Then, periodically, another couple of generations are proclaimed by the federal government to be in the U.S. legally, by magnanimously proclaiming, “You can come out of the dark now and stay.” [sign up here for your Democratic Party voter card]
Rick Perry, as president, wants to finally seal the border and stop the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs – stop those vile cartels who traffic in human beings and drugs, and secure a dangerous, porous entry used by terrorists seeking to destroy America. The current administration is willfully enabling those who prefer border security remain as it is, those who characteristically (for self interest) want to avoid addressing and dealing with these problems.
Undeniably, Governor Perry is the GOP candidate most familiar with this issue and the problems associated with it. Texas has a long and rich history with Mexico. Mexico is the number one trading partner with America. Many U.S. citizens have Mexican ancestors who are proud Texans and Americans, many who have, are, and are willing to fight for America. Hispanics are the largest minority living in the United States. They have a high birth rate and are a major minority voting demographic. This didn’t happen because Texas shares over 1200 miles of international border with Mexico. The current magnitude of the problem, along with the number of the illegals in Texas and the United States, has everything to do with historic and current Federal inaction.
The Federal government looks to the states and tells them to “deal with it.” So state governments and their citizens have to “deal with” crime and a fast growing, uneducated population that puts a huge strain on state and federal resources. The resulting fall out for state government is, “you’re damned if you do and "you’re damned if you don’t." Gov. Perry and the Texas Legislature have accepted the criticism for taking the “damned if we do” path because they’re “dealing with it” first hand and Texans understand that "we're damned if we don't." These children are here, their potential and future has been put on our watch -- it is a practical and human decision and as Rick Perry said, “You don’t have a heart if you don’t.”
In 2001 the Texas Legislature voted in an Act (signed by Gov. Rick Perry) allowing children brought to the U.S. illegally (basically stateless people) by their parents, who complete 3 years of high school in Texas (graduate and want to attend college) to apply for U.S. citizenship and pay instate tuition. Their “anchor baby” siblings have this right by virtue of the 14th Amendment (that gave citizenship to children of slaves – slavery was abolished by the 13th Amendment). If the country wants to abolish “anchor babies,” a majority of states need to vote for a change to the U.S. Constitution. The Texas education program is called the Texas Dream Act. The Texas Dream Act is not the same as the rejected Federal Dream Act proposed by the U.S. Senate because that federal legislation in totality and reality was an immigration bill.
The purpose of the Texas Dream Act is to have successful, educated citizens contributing toward a strong economy -- not unemployed or underemployed school dropouts who place a huge drain on our system [and begin generational poverty in their communities]. As past Federal actions have repeatedly shown Texas, illegal immigrants most likely will be allowed to stay. So the smart thing to do is allow them to pay instate tuition and be contributing citizens versus benefits receiving citizens. Gov. Mitt Romney does not agree with this and in fact rejected this approach in Massachusetts.
The truth found a voice in Rick Perry. Gov. Perry has said and believes that Conservative Ascendancy is how we will bring America back from the brink. Besides getting Americans working again we need to show them the value of conservatism and how those values encourage and support strong families and a free country.
Last night former Gov. Mitt Romney sounded like a “Snidley Whiplash-Simon Legree” character, while Gov. Rick Perry was “Dudley do right” looking after “Little Orphan Annie.” How do you think Barack Obama will (or won't) play these sound bites in his re-election bid for 4 more years?
Mitt Romney wants the status quo, which continues to feed the pipeline of generational, programmed victims -- driving trapped and dependent people into the arms of the growing army of the Democratic “fight for social justice” Party. Rick Perry wants to change the status quo and bring more voters into freedom – businesses owners, entrepreneurs eager to join the Republican Conservative Ascendancy Party – no matter what their last name or color, or gender or faith. And the border must be sealed first in order to do this.
Do the math. Rush Limbaugh has. Rush, like Gov. Perry, wants everyone to succeed (not secede). Rush, like Rick Perry, knows we’re at the crossroads that will decided the future path of the United States (and the world). Will it be Perpetual Dependency or Conservative Ascendancy? Democratic Party leaders are herding us into warring camps hoping to take us on the road to socialism. The states must take back power from the Federal government and get this country back on the road to free market capitalism.
This isn’t a Sound Bite issue.
“Nice try” Mitt.
The problem for Perry is that to use his voice he has to open his mouth and when he does, he sticks both feet in (cowboy boots and all).
After the next debate St. Rick will be polling below Santorum.
Limbaugh’s on in about an hour and a half and he’ll have plenty of excuses for Perry
[In-state tuition for illegals ought to cause immediate lawsuit for out-of-state legal kids to get the same tuition]
They do if they have lived in the state for a year. The illegal residency requirement is 3 years, graduate from a TX high school, and be working toward US citizenship. I think this is why the law stand ups to legal challenges under federal law. No benefit is offered to the illegals that is not offered to all US citizens.
We have in-state tution for illegals in KS. I did not support the law.
Sorry, but you, your candidate, and the Perry Apologist who wrote this article lack principles on this issue.
You don’t make it easier to stay in this country if the person is here illegally.
And most important, the children of illegal immigrants are the responsibility of the Illegal Alien, not the State and not the citizens of that State.
By pushing this emotional crap of a position on this issue, Perry, and his supporters have taken up the Progressive Idea that it is somehow the State’s responsibility, and by extension, it’s citizens to take care of the children of somebody else when they are perfectly able to take up that responsibility themselves.
Take the “We are the world” mentality somewhere else.
Rick Santorum said something similar to Perry. Perry lost me on that.
“He’s from a huge border state. Perry has boots on the ground, and doing what he can to keep illegals out.”
Jan Brewer and Susana Martinez are border state governors working to keep illegals out; Rick Perry (aka George W. Bush, Jr.) is not.
We are talking about high school graduates who have been in TX for 3 years and who are working towards citizenship.
I don’t support in-state tuition for illegals. We have it in KS. I do, however, understand why TX would. I think it is a state issue (that should resonate with Romney and his supporters—Romneycare anyone). This is not an issue that would make or break my support for Perry though. He wants the border secured.
Well, I for one will wear the mantle of “heartless” proudly if that’s the way Perry wants to frame his muddled, speech-impaired, argument. He can take his illegal loving RINO garbage and head on back to ol’ Texas. I won’t miss him a bit.
Is it too much to ask that our politicians put America’s citizens first? Why give rights to those who broke our laws? Is this what is now fashionable, and breaking the law(s) of our nation is a requirement to obtain citizenship and rights? If this is the way it is forever and forward in America and the way thing are going to be ... why should I or any other law-abiding citizen bother with saving this Republic for future generations? Future generations will say I was wrong for allowing this abomination. Once there was a fact of The Rule of Law being obeyed predominately within this nation, now The Rule of Law and our Constitution is shredded everyday by the ruling elite and becoming a memory. While not wanting to walk away from our nation under siege, I truly have to wonder is fighting for and trying to Preserve, Protect, and Defend this current set of circumstances being thrust upon all the law-abiding worth the effort where the lawless are looked upon with favor while the law-abiding are asked to pay for another’s lawlessness. Our ruling elite have given their answer. What will be America’s answer?
BTW what does 'working towards citizenship' mean?
Good analogy.
Are there any sources that show Texans opposed this when it was passed and that they oppose it now?
Who proposed the bill?
Rush is gone today. Mark Steyn is sitting in for him.
Limbaugh is out today.
Mark Steyn will be filling in.
Well said. I agree completely. I don’t want Perry or anyone in the White House who thinks illegal immigration should be subsidized and who favors illegals over American citizens.
Perry comes from a conservative border state, and has a border state mentality. Romney comes from Sodom Massachusetts, and has a eastern, liberal state mentality.
If it comes down to the two candidates, I choose the conservative border state mentality.
By that logic RomneyCare is not the same as ObamaCare, but Perry says it is. How convenient for him.
Ricardo Perry is proving himself to be the same brand of folksy, twangy, Bible-carrying "Compassionate Conservative" statist Texan as his predecessor Jorge Bush was. Praise the Lord and pass the Amnesty!
As the spouse of a LEGAL immigrant abiding by America's laws, as I was/did in her country for many years, Ricardo Perry can K.M.A.!!
how do illegal aliens work towards US citizenship? it’s simply not possible, if you are working towards citizenship that implies you are following the law and therefore you are a legal alien. I think perry is obfuscating like all rino/dems do
When I consider that educating the illegal’s children will help our society, it makes sense. As long as we do away with college studies that promote these educated Latinos to go back and organize their people against the current government.
Romney really ticks me off when he stands there like a preening peacock and ridicules Perry for telling the truth about social security. Really! As Gore said “what shud be dowan is uuup and what shud be uuuup is dowaaann!
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