When Arpaio endorsed Rick Perry it made me think that Perry must be tougher on illegal immigration than we all think he is. Somebody tell me again what Perry has said about illegal immigration, and what he has done. I know he basically said we’d be heartless if we didn’t allow in-state tuition for the children of illegals. I know he’s said there are portions of the border that he thinks can’t really have a fence. So why is Arpaio endorsing him? Tell me how you know Perry understands that we are under assault.
Maybe it’s because Mylife is from Texas and has seen what Perry has either done or wanted to do, but is hampered by the feds.
Mexico, a country, is not obligated to deal with a state, so there’s not much Texas can do without the cooperation of the federal government.
Stop reading sound bites and find out why Joe endorsed him.
Perry got right in Obamas face on the tarmac in Texas a few months back. Right in Obama’s face. Up close and personal. Pretty gutty thing to do...
Rick Perry has stated that the Feds wouldn’t enforce the border. He has openly called on them to do so. The “in state tuition “ thing was started and passed by the Texas Legislature with a large margin. It probably helps less than 1/100 of 1% of immigrants, who would be mostly kids that were abandoned with relatives who were legal, and went through he public school system. And they still have to pay the same as any other Texan.People disagree a lot about this, but I’ll bet far more folks have attacked Perry on this issue right here on this board than the number of of immigrants who have benefited from this. But, back to your question, Perry would be much tougher on illegal immigration than he has been, if he would have had the Federal Government’s cooperation. You are seeing proof that the feds have no real intention of enforcing the border now. Perry tried to hand deliver a letter on this issue to Obama on this issue and Obama would not accept it. I believe one of his staff did take the letter.