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Perry defends tuition assistance policy, blames feds for controversial immigration policy
Newser ^ | September 29, 2011 | AP

Posted on 09/30/2011 6:23:05 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

Edited on 09/30/2011 6:26:13 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is defending his policy of allowing tuition assistance for illegal immigrants at state colleges and universities, saying the lack of a cohesive federal immigration policy forced his hand.


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: aliens; border; heartless; illegals; nationalsecurity; perry; perry2012
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To: GeronL

LINKS!


21 posted on 09/30/2011 6:42:58 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I tell ya that boy has a bad case of Foot in Mouth disease.

22 posted on 09/30/2011 6:43:01 AM PDT by McGruff (Vetting - The process of examination and evaluation of a candidate's record.)
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To: McGruff

He keeps his tail feathers number for just such emergencies!


23 posted on 09/30/2011 6:43:53 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: deport
I watched hannity last night and he had some big wigs from the perry and romney camp on to debate the subject... and the romney guy owned the perry guy too. The problem is... Perry is just flat out on the wrong side of this issue. No one can really effectively defend this position, at least not in the republican primary. Perry needs to cave, it's his only way out at this point I think. It will make him look more like Romney, but if he doesn't cave this will sink his campaign.
24 posted on 09/30/2011 6:47:32 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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To: GeronL

Drones!

Al-awlaki was just taken out with the help of a drone (we believe). A lot of Intel is gotten with drones — but the Left likes to see conservatives fight about building a 2000 mile fence (that won’t work) between Mexico and the U.S. Fences only work in urban areas.


25 posted on 09/30/2011 6:48:40 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: G Larry

“Which American companies are suppose to hire your college educated ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS?”

All American companies are supposed to hire these “Hispanic” applicants, because then the company will get extra credit for meeting the federal government’s suggested, affirmative action, [un]equal opportunity goals; otherwise, they will be subject to discrimination lawsuits.

Are you aware that there are government preferences for awarding contracts to minority-owned businesses?


26 posted on 09/30/2011 6:49:03 AM PDT by IWONDR
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
In-State Tuition Debate Isn't About In-State Tuition (It's about AMNESTY)
27 posted on 09/30/2011 6:50:21 AM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears (Bush called us "vigilantes." Perry calls us "heartless.")
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To: TexasFreeper2009

I saw the same Hannity show and I say you got it backwards.

And Perry is correct on the issues. And time and facts will prove him right.


28 posted on 09/30/2011 6:50:41 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

That coyote that Perry shot would still be alive if he had been driving a van full of wet Me-hee-cans.


29 posted on 09/30/2011 6:50:59 AM PDT by NeverForgetBataan (To the German Commander: ..........................NUTS !)
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To: paul51
Mark Levin, on his show 9/23/11, regarding Rick Perry and in-state tuition for the children of illegals:

"They [the children of illegals] are being educated, right up to and through high school.

Where did it come to pass that if you're here illegally, you have a right to a college education, let alone the right to have it subsidized, when all Americans do NOT have their college educations subsidized?

I mean, this is perverse, to be honest with you.

And it is also the position of the Bush family. And I think…if I'm wrong, I stand corrected…it's the position of some of our "inside-the-beltway" publications.

But it is not the position of the American people, who have to pay this bill, endlessly."


30 posted on 09/30/2011 6:52:07 AM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears (Bush called us "vigilantes." Perry calls us "heartless.")
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To: TexasFreeper2009
Romney is getting away with basically saying it's ok for a state to have Romneycare or Gay marriage, but a state can't decide who does or doesn't get a tuition brake.

This is beyond ludicrous.

31 posted on 09/30/2011 6:52:13 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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To: dfwgator
The phony apology over his "heartless" comment is every bit as insulting as the comment itself. He wants us to all think it was a gaffe. It WASN'T.

Watch the Perry comment again. He was PASSIONATE when he said it.

Start at the 2:40 mark.

32 posted on 09/30/2011 6:53:14 AM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears (Bush called us "vigilantes." Perry calls us "heartless.")
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
What about all that talk about wasting.....errrr, I mean spending 400 million hard-earned taxpayer dollars to secure the border?

By the way, what does that work out to per student? What is 400 million dollars divided by 16,000 illegal students?

33 posted on 09/30/2011 6:54:23 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears
In-State Tuition Debate Isn't About In-State Tuition (It's about AMNESTY)

That's a ludicrous statement.

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The Truth Found a Voice in Rick Perry[snip] Mitt Romney wants the status quo, which continues to feed the pipeline of generational, programmed victims -- driving trapped and dependent people into the arms of the growing army of the Democratic “fight for social justice” Party. Rick Perry wants to change the status quo and bring more voters into freedom – businesses owners, entrepreneurs eager to join the Republican Conservative Ascendancy Party – no matter what their last name or color, or gender or faith. And the border must be sealed first in order to do this.

Do the math. Rush Limbaugh has. Rush, like Gov. Perry, wants everyone to succeed (not secede). Rush, like Rick Perry, knows we’re at the crossroads that will decided the future path of the United States (and the world). Will it be Perpetual Dependency or Conservative Ascendancy? Democratic Party leaders are herding us into warring camps hoping to take us on the road to socialism. The states must take back power from the Federal government and get this country back on the road to free market capitalism.”….

If The Left Can Ruin Rick Perry, They Can Rule You [snip] ......Currently, the Left is battling Gov. Rick Perry’s stand on Big Education (unions) and EPA Energy and Environment dictates. Trial lawyers have made it known they plan to block any more power going to Rick Perry, as he has won so many victories against them as the Gov. of Texas. The Left knows Rick Perry has his own religious beliefs and does not adhere to their pseudo green religion. They know he understands the land, that he was brought up in a religious home and has worked for everything he has. The Left knows he attended a school that didn’t teach him to hate his country but rather instilled love of country. They know he served in the military and still encourages boys to become Boy Scouts. The Left can not put the lie to the fact that Texas' economy is running rings around Obama's disastrous economic policies. The Left knows that when Rick Perry shows compassion – has a heart – it isn’t because he wants to make you dependent on him but rather to set you free."......

34 posted on 09/30/2011 6:54:34 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

“And Perry is correct on the issues. And time and facts will prove him right”
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Too bad for Perry that his mouth outran his brain and now he’s out of time to fix it.

That’s also a fact.


35 posted on 09/30/2011 6:54:34 AM PDT by NeverForgetBataan (To the German Commander: ..........................NUTS !)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

The supreme court has ordered that the state must allow the children of illegal aliens to attend public schools.


36 posted on 09/30/2011 6:55:05 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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To: NeverForgetBataan

Too bad for Perry that his mouth outran his brain and now he’s out of time to fix it.


Texas swagger..........


37 posted on 09/30/2011 6:56:47 AM PDT by deport
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To: TexasFreeper2009
Freaking Romney had illegals doing his lawn!

That excuses Perry for everything!

This heartless bastard will not vote for Perry or Romney.

38 posted on 09/30/2011 6:57:20 AM PDT by Boston Blackie
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

My problem is more with how ineptly he has handled the issue than the issue itself. I actually think the issue might help him in the general, but at the moment it is kiling him, and if you think Romney is going to let up on this your dreaming. Did you see that ad?


39 posted on 09/30/2011 6:57:35 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I don’t think you’ve dug a deep enough hole for yourself there, Rick.

Keep digging. hahahahahaha


40 posted on 09/30/2011 6:57:44 AM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears (Bush called us "vigilantes." Perry calls us "heartless.")
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