I never said that Perry allowed those bills to die in the legislature. That's not in his purview, as Governor. What I said, is that he allowed them to die without comment.
As Governor of the state, he wields a tremendous amount of influence over state politics. He failed to use the bully pulpit of his office to denounce the legislature for playing procedural games with bills that the people of Texas expected to be passed.
In my mind, that makes him complicit in the effort to quash any legislation that would deal an effective blow against illegal immigration.
Perry put the bills back on the table in the special session and they still would not pass it.
Again, that's not possible. He's got no say in what legislation the House and Senate take up, although he could use the power of his office to demand they send him the sort of legislation the people want.
I'm sorry, but in the ten years that Perry's been Governor, I have never seen him use the power of that office to demand the implementation of effective controls on the illegal invasion. Instead of standing up for the interests and desires of the overwhelming majority of American citizens in his state, he's treated illegal immigration and invasion like a political issue, when it's one of sovereignty and survival.
I heard him comment on it many times.
He was very adamant that he wanted them to pass that bill.
The Governor is the ONLY person who can call the Texas Legislature into a special session.
He can call them into a special session as many times as he wants.
And during the special session the TX Legislature can only consider the bills put forth by the Governor and that is why saying he was complicit in the effort holds no water.
He did not have to put the Sanctuary City bill back on the table during the special he called.
Perry has done a lot to try to stem the illegal border activity. I totally disagree with you.