Not asking you to do a damned thing, except to recognize that TX can do what it wishes according to the Constitution of the United States. Please point me to where Perry advocated for this to be adopted nationally. I haven’t seen/heard any such advocacy but follow this debate only so closely.
Are you telling me that his philosophy would change at the national level? Would that include all that he says and does and what should we assume he will do at the national level if we don’t look at his record?
So what happens when state law violates federal law? States rights are important but can (or should) state law be able to violate federal law (ignoring for a moment that the last 2 presidents have done their best to pretend it doesn’t exist). I’m seriously trying to understand this. The federal government is suing AZ for supposedly not following federal law (under the premise that it’s their job to enforce it). Yet, we all know AZ’s laws are meant to enforce federal laws. Meanwhile states that coddle illegals get a pass and undermine the efforts of those trying to follow the law.
And in this case, what TX allows could very easily impact other states because once they establish roots they’re free to travel the country at will, especially since they have to have some kind of (fake) ID to do anything from renting a house, opening a bank account, driving, etc. I’m concerned that we’re quickly becoming a country that picks and chooses what laws to follow and what ones to violate.
This isn’t just about TX. I live in OR and about every other week there’s an accident involving an illegal alien driving drunk. A few years ago we had one who raped a couple of Nuns...NUNS for crap sakes. He’d been on their radar for a while but because OR is a sanctuary state the police weren’t allowed to pick him up for violating US law. It simply isn’t working for states to decide whether or not to enforce immigration law.
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