Perhaps you're missing the point of all these angry posts, RC. Sure, Rick Perry's dismal record on illegal immigration is well known to most Freepers, but what's galling everyone, is the fact that he insulted most conservatives by calling us "heartless" for not pandering to illegals as he has.
He actually had a chance to convince conservative voters that he really does believe as we do; that yes, illegal immigration is a national scourge, but that he's had to handle it differently as a Governor, than he would as a president.
It would have stretched credulity, but he might have been able to make the case convincingly enough. Instead, he blurted out the one thing that cemented conservatives' worst suspicions about him.
On top of that, he went on Hannity (I think) the following day, and repeated it! I'm sorry, but there's no retreat from that position now. He grabbed hold of one of the deadly third rails of US politics and short-circuited any chance he had at the nomination.
Gov Perry made it quite clear that this was a Texas STATE decision that was passed nearly unanimously by the Texas legislature and he repeated it again for clarity on Sean Hannity's show the next day.
You refuse to acknowledge his position on sealing the border, relying on straw men arguments to bolster your claims.
No one comes on a thread like you have on this one, who is not campaigning for another candidate.
OK, I missed the “heartless” comment, I admit.