What exactly does your response to me have to do with your assertion that Perry believes in securing the border? I can’t see any relaton between them at all.
If Perry wanted a secure border between Mexico and Texas he could have had it already. Therefore, he doesn’t want one.
In the 1st place, securing the international border is not a state responsibility. In the real world, Texas simply can’t afford to do it. No state can, that is also the reason the AZ national guard is not on their border 24/7 in sufficient force to shut it down. I suppose you think Gov. Brewer is an open borders person also? Maybe if the feds would actually do what they are supposed to do we could have a secure border. Securing the border is a national responsibility, and the feds simply refuse to do it. Look at what the feds did to AZ when they tried to simply help enforce immigration law.