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.
Perry forever lost my vote with this stupid stance. He is dead to me now.
That's the impression one naturally gets, but there is no requirement to prove anything. All that is required is to state an intention to pursue citizenship as soon as one becomes eligible to do so.
This is not a threat on Perry just a comment that I will NOT vote for him.
Which GOP candidate do you think will send all illegals out of the U.S?
I say, none will.
So what does that leave us with in who we choose for President?
Perry is.
Do you think people who oppose that are "heartless"? Yes or no?
Perry does.
Turn on Hannity’s radio show.
He’s going to interview Gov. Perry in about one minute.
The ones born here are not here illegally.
>>But the fact is immigration is one issue.<<
As Mark Steyn points out, immigration is NOT “one issue.”
It is SEVERAL ISSUES:
Crime
Drugs
Closing hospitals
Draining resources
Filling our schools
Bringing disease/health issues
Taking our jobs
Allowing Al Qaeda and other national security threats into America
Skewing elections toward the left
ETC. ETC. ETC.
Wake up, people!!! This is not a minor thing.
It is the very existence of America as we know it.
I will vote for no pro-illegal candidate from ANY party. It is not an option. I will stay home rather than vote for more of the same.
I never ASKED anyone to remove you. I just said, as a FREEPER since 1998 with a different screen name, that I’m surprised you get to post your liberal crap.
Now please answer the questions:
Are you FOR the children of illegals getting the preferential treatment of paying less in tuition than legal Americans from out-of-state? Yes or no???
Perry is.
Do you think people who oppose that are “heartless”? Yes or no?
Perry does.
You really think you’re going to “sell us” on this garbage?
You’d have better luck invading Hell with a squirt gun.
Sean Hannity said Gov. Perry will be on his radio show at the top of the hour.
3:00 Central time.
“Why give rights to those who broke our laws?”
You see, that is the whole point, they did not break the law.
>>You see, that is the whole point, they did not break the law.<<
Try to sell it all you want. You’re on a fool’s errand.
Thanks!
Works for me. I’ll be in the car then!
Are you FOR the children of illegals getting the preferential treatment of paying less in tuition than legal Americans from out-of-state? Yes or no???
Perry is.
Do you think people who oppose that are “heartless”? Yes or no?
Perry does.
It is interesting to note that Georgia and North Carolina are 10th and 11th in terms of the number of Hispanics living in the state. CA, TX,FL, NY, and ILL are the top five.
We can’t ship them back - the Federal Government has to do that and they won’t.
AND Gov. Perry wants the borders sealed.
He doesn’t want those here (who are making many more citizens) voting for LIBERALS!
The border must be SEALED. And Perry will seal it!
FYI: 40% of the 12 to 20 million illegal aliens in this country came here legally and overstayed their visas. Securing the border is only part of the answer.
When you reward or subsidize something, you get more of it. Perry's in-state tuition for illegals rewards illegal behavior.
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