Let me be clear.
ANY CITIZEN can get IN STATE Tuition IF they can qualify as a resident.
Perry has extended this notion to children “who through no fault of their own” we raised in Tx by illegal parents and, who meet certain high bars that other residents need not meet.
It is his opinion that this places less fiscal demand on the populous at large and is beneficial to the state in general.
Perry and the vast majority of the legislature agreed with only 4 descenting votes.
Let me remind you, these people have no control over FEDERAL immigration law.
They are dealing with the cards they are given.
Maybe Perry should just be Texas governor for however many terms the law provides.
IF and only if the state passes such a law confering aliens as residents and the granting of instate tuition rates are ALSO GIVEN TO US CITIZENS. The second part was not done because it would have been a deal-breaker in terms of revenue loss and the socialistic tendencies in granting this benefit in the first place.