He mentioned “comprehensive reform” ~ that means stepping back from treating foreigners as foreigners.
Everyone knows that “comprehensive immigration reform” is just another way of saying amnesty. So Perry is like McCain. Seal the border first so we can amnesty those who are already here. Nice.
BTW, I’m not entirely opposed to a very limited amnesty for the truly hard cases, but that’s not what our political class wants. If we allow it, they’ll write an amnesty so generous virtually everyone already here will get to stay, and it looks like Perry is just another Bush in this regard.