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But Perry stood by his argument that building a fence along the entire Mexican border was unwise. The Texas governor said that the fence would likely be expensive, ineffective and violate the property rights of those who owned land on the border.

Since when has Perry given a damn about property rights? Trans-Texas Corridor anyone?

I guess it's o.k. to take Texan's land if it will make a buck for some of his fellow crony capitalists, but securing our border from invasion just isn't important to him.

Eminent domain is used all the time (how do you think MOST highways, railroads, dams, bridges, etc were built?), what's your point? Oh wait, yeah if Perry does it it means you have an opportunity to speak in cliche using half baked arguments to make some point you can only hope people latch onto because you actually have no point outside of ad hominem attacks (name calling).

And just for the record, those people that would have lost their property would have been compensated, in most cases more than what it's really worth.

Few have done more to secure the border with Mexico than Texas and Perry.

It was he that pushed back against sanctuary cities in Texas such as Houston.

Put the Texas State Guard on the border.

Has the Department of Public Safety hand over illegals involved in crime to ICE.

Ridicules the Fed (Who actually owns this task of securing our border) for not doing more.

But! Because he supports having children (who had no say in the matter- their parents broke the law) have an opportunity to go to higher education (In a state where you have a consumption and property tax which means these people pay their share as well) somehow makes him favor or weak on the illegal issue. This is simply one of those idiot topics (reduced in content to the point of absurdity) where if they propose wrapping barbwire around peoples ankles you have to say emphatically that you support it, or else you're weak on crime.

It's an ignorant argument where the real culprits are ignored, the innocent are punished, the macro level economic and crime effect is ignored and those who we are now supposed to say “no” too (The children of illegals), actually will or have paid for this (Texas has no income tax- it's a consumption and property tax based and ALL pay, even the illegal every-time they buy anything).

Your words: “but securing our border from invasion just isn't important to him. “ Tell me what state other than Arizona has done more about illegals than Texas under Perry?