When he first took office as governor in 2001, Perry went to Mexico and bragged about his law that granted “the children of undocumented workers” special in-state tuition at Texas colleges, the first state in the nation to do so.
“The message is simple,” Perry concluded, “educacion es el futuro, y si se puede.” Education is the future, and (echoing Cesar Chavez’s slogan) yes we can.]
Just a few weeks ago, Perry defended his decision to give in-state tuition to illegal immigrants. He said “to punish these young Texans for their parents’ actions is not what America has always been about.”
Perry opposed Arizona’s tough anti-illegal immigration law SB 1070. “I have concerns,” he explained, “with portions of the law passed in Arizona and believe it would not be the right direction for Texas.”
He spoke out last year against using E-Verify to prevent illegal immigrants from getting jobs as state employees, who get their paychecks from the taxpayers. He insisted it “would not make a hill of beans’ difference.”
Numbers USA, a group that supports immigration control, gives Perry a “D-“ for his positions supporting amnesty, open borders, and opposing border security.
People say he can beat obama...well yeah, just about anyone can beat obama. My dogs could beat obama. But the primary is not just about picking someone who can beat the other guy.
The primary is about picking someone you'd want to have the power of the Presidency over you and like never before we must use the opportunity to get it right.
Perry is not my Governor, so I don't know him. But since he could be the President, I'm learning and trying to separate the facts from the fan club.
He sounds like a great guy, but Perry has done things as Governor that raise flags.
Everyone makes mistakes, even politicians. What I want in a President is someone who reliably errs on the side of liberty and individual rights, on the side of the Constitution.
As your examples and others show, erring on the side of liberty, individual rights and the Constitution is not the case with Perry.