“To the world we would look weak, retreating behind a wall. Not a good image and totally unnecessary.”
Well the alternative isn’t working too well, obviously. I don’t care what Perry says, I care what his track record is. He claims to be the expert at solving this problem but he is not solving this problem, as Santorum pointed out.
Meanwhile, of all the jobs created in Texas since 2007, 81 percent were taken by newly arrived immigrant workers (legal and illegal).
http://cis.org/immigrants-filled-most-new-jobs-in-Texas
What did Santorum point out? Are you referring to this?
Rick Perry's Intriguing Idea for Bi-National Health Insurance …“Contrary to Sen. Santorum’s impression, the idea here was to explore the possibility of allowing private insurers to cover health services provided in either Texas or Mexico. It was an attempt at studying the deregulation of the provision of health insurance by private entities.
Here are a few other articles of interest:
Perry attacks administration at campaign stop in Hampton, N.H......"On immigration policy, Perry said he is opposed to amnesty and will always be opposed to amnesty. "For decades we have had a federal government that has failed its constitutional duty to protect its borders," he said. "You have to ask, are we going to have a president that is going to stop the illegal activities happening on the border?"
July 14, 2010: Florida, Texas Support Arizona's Immigration Law -- ”Florida, Texas and seven other states filed a brief supporting Arizona's immigration law aimed at cracking down on illegal migrants after the U.S. government sued to block enforcement of the law.
Arizona's statute doesn't establish an immigration policy that would interfere with federal law, countering the U.S. argument, the states said in the filing today in federal court in Phoenix. The law isn't an "obstacle" to Congress' objectives, the states wrote. .........
The states, in their filing, asked U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton to reject the U.S. injunction request. Bolton scheduled a hearing in the case for July 22." [end excerpt]
Michigan universities set own rules on illegal immigrant tuition rates...."As political hot cakes go, Gov. Rick Perry's support for his state's guarantee of lower cost in-state tuition for illegal immigrants attending Texas' public universities sizzled at a recent Republican presidential debate. Twelve other states have similar laws, even as others have banned the cheaper home state tuitions. But at Michigan's public universities, the rules depend on the school…………"
“Legal and illegal. “
No breakfdown of the numbers?
And yet, our legal new residents number 1000 a day.
CIS has a population control agenda and pushes “sustainability. “ They guessed and estimated their numbers. They aren’t reliable.