“Here is what I don’t understand about the objection to the in state tuition. These kids are in Texas through no fault of their own, their illegal parents brought them here. The federal government will do nothing to help us stop it or send them back! NOTHING!
Do we want these kids standing on the corner with a sign asking for handouts or asking for day work? Or do we want them to be educated members of our society (they aren’t leaving) so they can take care of their parents when they are elderly and so the entire tribe will not end up on welfare?”
That’s the heartless argument. My argument is that we also act a magnet to the parents of illegals who are deciding where to live in the US. Texas is 55/45 Republican...it should be much higher, but we get more and more illegals all the time...and they do vote, no one checks. So I simply don’t want them here, and will support ANY incentive to keep them away.
Also, Perry’s continued defense of his Dream Act can only mean one thing, that he’ll push for an Amnesty once he gets into power...otherwise, by his own definition, he would be ‘heartless’, forcing these college graduates to stand on street corners for handouts. If he had distanced himself from this Dream Act (it was 10 years ago, after all, and things were different), there’s a good chance he’d still be in the top tier. But he stuck to his guns, not a good political move (which also bodes badly if he becomes president).
Yeah right, I can see that wetback swimming the Rio Grande and thinking “my future kids are going to get instate college tuition when they are born in Texas”!
I am sorry but I don't think so!