....”He also has to clarify that because he endorses the in-state tuition for ‘undocumented’ students, that does NOT mean he’s ‘open borders.’”....
Oh! You mean that since Perry supports free tuition for “undocumented”- read illegal- students, wants no border fences, and thinks that anyone who does is “heartless”, that doesn’t make him “open borders”. And that he should “clarify”. Got ya.
It is NOT free tuition..It is the same tuition any Texas high school grad would pay.
WHERE do you get all this misinformation OR do you get paid to post lies?
The Texas lawmakers voted almost unanimously for the in state tuition bill. Even if Perry had vetoed it they had way beyond the votes for an override.
As far as the border fence goes, it was explained that the border is river, and to put the fence all the way across the state would wall off Texas ranches so they couldn't water their stock. Not to practical in some places.
“Oh! You mean that since Perry supports free tuition for “undocumented”- read illegal- students, wants no border fences, and thinks that anyone who does is “heartless”, that doesn’t make him “open borders”. And that he should “clarify”. Got ya.”
Perhaps your post was written in haste, or maybe you didn’t understand what Perry was referring to in the very unfortunate remark “you don’t have a heart.” It had to do with TX providing the in-state tuition only; no more. That tuition break was voted nearly unanimously by the TX state legislature, which also invested state resources to the tune of $400M in its own border protection in the absence of the federal government doing same, as is a clearly enumerated federal power by the U.S. Constitution.
As has been explained, I’d venture to no avail:
1. The TX law is NOT about “Free” tuition; it’s in-state tuition.
2. The FREE tuition that Texans pay for undocumented/ illegal students was MANDATED for K-12 by the SCOTUS. Take your complaint up with them.
3. The landowners on the border oppose a fence that would keep their livestock and farming production from their primary water source. Look to the Great Valley of CA if you want to see the effect of separating farmers/ranchers from their water supply.
4. The TX/MX border is 1200+ miles; instead of a fence, TX/Perry want heavy troop/drone coverage of that 1200 miles.