Look. He might have done a few things at the border and immigration. However, if he was serious he would follow Alabama and Arizona. He clearly is not serious about it. He talks a good game but you don’t hear Arizona or Alabama complaining....they take action, Perry does not....he would rather blame others. If Perry would act like the governor of Alabama than I would agree with you.
That was only a short list of the Governor’s efforts from 2001 to 2005. There’s tons and tons more since:
http://wingright.org/2011/10/05/rick-perrys-record-on-border-security/
In the meantime, the Feds are bringing illegals they catch in Arizona to Texas, to let them go across our border.
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/29/local/la-me-immigrant-deport-20110930
In addition to our new laws on voter ID and prohibiting illegals from getting drivers licenses, did you know that we have a new law that pushes the Feds to let us deport illegal aliens who are in our prisons here in Texas?
http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=673347#.Tpzyc7Ik-uI
Yes, you do hear Alabama and Arizona “complaining,” if that’s fighting the lawsuits that the Feds are bringing against them.
We joined the effort to fight the Administration’s suit against Arizona.
http://governor.state.tx.us/news/press-release/14881/
We’ll most likely join Arizona’s counter-suit, too. That case is still at the injunction stage, and was only filed this month.