If Perry had Veto’d the bill and sent it back - they would have passed it anyway.
The bill has been changed twice and voted on again in 2005 and it was unanimous. No no votes.
In 2001 when they first passed this bill, Perry had just stepped up into the Governor’s role due to Bush becoming President.
Perry was simply going along with what the majority (AT THAT TIME) of Texans wanted.
This is an issue Texas deals with because the Federal Government will not secure the border, requires that we educate illegals and will not deport them.
Texas makes a PROFIT off the illegals that enter college so it is not a taxpayer issue. And since they are here, might as well make lemonade with the lemons the Fed Gov has left us with.
He has stated over and over that this legislation would not be a national issue and he would never introduce it.
It is a 10th Amendment State issue.
Besides, when he becomes President, he will secure the border with National Guard Troops and once the border is secure this problem becomes a mute point.
“Texas makes a PROFIT off the illegals that enter college so it is not a taxpayer issue. “
Prove that. Running a university requires a LOT of money. The out-of-state-tuition rate per student is the normal rate and what it costs to attend. The difference between in-state ($5K) and out-of-state ($16K) tuition costs is over $11K per student per year. That money comes from the TAXPAYER. Perry STOLE that money from citizens and handed it over to ILLEGAL ALIENS. What is so hard to understand about that ?
As far as the veto goes, it doesn’t matter whether they WOULD HAVE overridden it or not. First, because we’ll never know, since Perry didn’t test their resolve. Second, you know as well as I do that the Executive office lets the Legislature know where it stands on such issues well in advance, and it would not have passed the legislature with GOP support if Perry had not already expressed his own support. Third, because no LEADER should ever agree to something he knows is wrong just to be ‘popular’.
Trying to ‘blame’ the legislature for this bill would mean you think he is a weak Executive. So ... is he an Open Borders & Amnesty supporter, or ... was he just too weak an Executive to stop this Open Borders & Amnesty law ?