This is pretty much my impression of Perry at this point, but shhh, having an objective opinion about Perry around here gets you labeled as a spammer.
Anyone in who is an advocate of open borders and supports legislation such as the DREAM act is a total dangerous lunatic. Texas is rife with sharia law at the moment.
Putting Romney's faults aside for the moment, you can tell he is very strong on immigration and Islam. I've read through a good portion of his book No Apology and though it's a plodding boring read, I've found some interesting statements.
Page 65: ....fundamental differences between our respective worldviews are both striking and numerous. For example, while Western nations take care to separate church from state, for the Islamists, religion and government are to be one. The founding fathers of Islam proclaimed that "Islam is a religion and a state." Rather than limiting itself to prescribing only spiritual laws, fundamentalist Islam seeks to dominate and control every aspect of society, from economic policies to social interactions, and from individual daily habits to the functioning of government. Thus, Islamists would replace secular systems of justice with sharia. From the viewpoint of the Islamist, the government of an Islamic nation that is not sufficiently fundamentalist is not just wrong, it is evil...
Page 66: To the Islamist, democracy is a form of blasphemy; in democracies, immutable law proscribed by God may be changed by man. In the eyes of the Islamic fundamentalists, America as the "author of liberty" and champion of democracy" is the most immoral of nations.
Romney wrote a great deal on the subject of Islam. Say what you want about Romney, he's very antithetical to Islam. You read that right, he is anit-Islam. I think this is because of his strong Morman religious convictions. There are many example of this ideology in his book. While I don't support Romney's every waking word, I'm with him on this issue.
Additionally...Jihad is a misunderstood word..... Most jihad in America is done with money and persuasion, not violence. ....It is jihad that fills Washington DC with money to buy influence...... It is jihad that causes our textbooks in our schools to never mention anything negative about Islam.....It is Jihad to do community services and they focus on battered people, homeless, underprivledged, the poor, and any who have been down on their luck because these are the most vulnerable to be open to Islamic teaching.
Their other "targets" are teachers....more than students in our educational system. Here's a Quote from their manuels to convert Americans.
"In America's Educational Institutions the teacher shall be the top target....they exert a lot of influence over their students. If they are convinced about Islam as a way of life they can motivate their students to that affect in great numbers......Teachers will therefore be the "special" targets of the Islamic Movement. ...contacts with teachers will always have a preferance over others".
That is why in Texas they stipulated to teach the teachers about Islam so they in turn would teach the students. It's hand in glove with their movement to conquer America.
Islam has two views of Christians (duality again). The first view is that Christianity and Islam are brother religions. The second view is that Christians must change their religion to meet the demands of Islam...... Modern Christians want to believe that there is a bridge between Islam and Christianity..... But the history of Islam shows that 'Islam first deceives and then annihilates Christianity' or any other form of religion in it's wake.. For 1400 years Islam has destroyed Christian lands.