It’s not that he isn’t rigorous on other aspects of the illegal infestation. It’s the fact that he said the rest of us don’t have a heart in the face of Texas’ capitulation that they can’t do anything about illegals already here. In effect Texas is paying ‘protection’ money to keep the illegals toned down. It’s not his fault that the Fed won’t round them up, but he doesn’t have to push his values on the rest of us in a national debate saying “we don’t have a heart.”
That he has apologized for and he said it in the context that the other option was to kick children (who broke the law because their parents made them) to the curb.
Was it a dumb thing to say? Hell yeah it was, but it does not define his immigration or border policy.
A Governor has to deal with the reality not desire. There are at least 1.1 million illegals here sucking up tax money and hurting his state, he has to play the cards he has not the cards he wants.