[South40]

They can apply for a permanent residency which makes them legal (not a us citizen).

Thank Mom, but I have read HB 1403 and am aware that seeking 'legal status' is required. It would seem Perry has no idea what is in the bill he signed as he himself has said the ILLEGAL aliens wanting instate tuition must be pursuing citizenship in the state of Texas.

“In the state of Texas, if you've been in the state of Texas for three years, if you're working towards your college degree, and if you are working and pursuing citizenship in the state of Texas, you pay in-state tuition there,” said Perry.

As for my post, I was responding to a similar erroneous statement by this poster asserting the same line that the ILLEGAL aliens must be seeking "citizenship".

I see this lie repeated many times at FR but understand that if Perry himself says it his followers are likely to follow suit.

[mylife]

Look Pal, I don’t want to get into a long winded pissin contest over all this Immigration thing, but here is the bottom line...... Immigration is a federal matter.

You cant lay all the sins of it at Rick Perrys feet.

[mylife]

In fact, U.S. citizens who are residents of Oklahoma and Louisiana—or New York or California, or any other state—who legally enter Texas by driving or flying there are not allowed to pay in-state tuition at Texas public colleges.

What Horse ass shit!