If I remember correctly, the thing that got Rick Perry in trouble about illegal aliens was wanting them to be able to go to school and then get their citizenship.
They are here, they came as young children with their parents, since there seems to be no way to send families back across the river he wanted the kids to be educated.
We can have a growing pool of lawn keepers (there is so shortage of them now) or let them go to school and get an education and join legal society. Perry suggested that and had the sh*t kicked out of him.
He was also on board for giving them instate tuition prices for Texas colleges, getting the benefit of residency while US citizens from other states would still have to pay out of state tuition. Should illegals be entitled to benefits of legal residency?