Posted on 11/03/2011 8:46:48 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
....PERRY: Well, let me just put it this way. The federal government's complete and absolute failure to secure our border put a lot of pressure on governors no matter where they might be to have to deal with issues. You are required to give health care, you are required to give education. And Texans made a decision -- are we going to kick these people to the side of the road and they are going to become tax wasters? Or are we going to require that they become citizens of the United States and become taxpayers? We chose the latter. I would still do that today, considering the barriers that if you will, the arena that we have to work in.
As the president of the United States, I am against the DREAM Act. I will shut that border down because I have had to deal with it for 10 years. I understand. I am putting Texas Rangers and National Guard, I am putting Texas citizens on the line over there, they are being fired at. Thank God none of them have been killed yet. But the fact is, I know how to secure that border. When I am the president, that border will be secure. And these issues that we have been forced to deal with as governors, will start being alleviated. And then we can have a decent, a thoughtful and economically focused conversation about immigration policy.
HANNITY: So you think you could secure the border in what period of time if you're president?
PERRY: I think you can do it within a year. I mean, seriously, within a year --
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Those comments were good to read Innovative.
Thank you for making sure I saw them.
I also was going to vote for Sarah Palin... I am from Texas and do trust Perry where as I do not trust Romney..People listen to much to others and then get the same habits and cause a problem where there is none..Like all the back biting on these threads..If you don’t care for Perry that is your choice.. Can you just imagine what people that are reading these threads and do not post here think of all this nonsense and name calling.. I just do not like people to step all over me when I have an opinion myself..So then I go into the protection mode..(I am not at all talking about you when I make my statements..)I am talking to all of the ones that continue to attack anyone that is a Perry voter.. To tell you the truth I really do not give Herman Cain a chance to win this election..Just a feeling nothing to do with the women.. Maybe Perry should just come home and we can succeed from the Union..Hey good idea don’t you think!!LOL!
As you say, all students are paying their own way (except those with loans/grants/scholarships). Taxpayers aren't subsidizing illegals' tuition at all.
Now, having said that, the question of whether or not the children of illegals should be assessed the out-of-state surcharge, I think there are rational, non-hysterical points to be made on both sides.
But as rule of the land, as SCOTUS directs , we as Americans have to abide by it until something is done about it. And if we do not abide by the law, then we are subject to the consequences or punishment.
Seems a lot of ppl here is bitching / complaining about illegals and blaming Perry soely for it when it’s SCOTUS’s ruling for the entire US , not just Tx.
Rightly so in complaining, venting, bitching, etc but it’s a law that probably will never be changed. Unfortunately I might add.
Do I like it ? Do I agree with it ? No, I do not.
I wish someone would feel my pain! LOL
Wasn't this part of your quote?
What do you think of Perry granting Illegals visas ?
No.
Thanks shield.
Nov 3, 2011: AP: ......"Perry said in an interview with CNN's John King on Thursday that expectations that U.S. authorities are going to arrest and deport up to 15 million illegal immigrants isn't realistic. He added, however, that other Republicans, including fellow Texan George W. Bush, went too far when they previously proposed an immigration overhaul that included a path to citizenship.
The Texas governor also claimed his chief rival for the Republican presidential nomination, Mitt Romney, had once supported amnesty. Romney has drawn criticism for hiring a lawn care company that employed illegal immigrants at his family's property in a Boston suburb for a decade but has also said amnesty is not appropriate for illegal immigrants.
"You can put a program into place in which these individuals can be identified, and work visas in which they can move back and forth between their countries but not to become United States citizens," Perry said. "And I think that's where McCain, that's where Romney, that's where even Bush went wrong when they talked about the issue that, 'we're going to give amnesty to these individuals,' and people just said, 'no, we're not.'"...
I believe Gov. Perry is the only candidate that truly intends to seal the border.
I suggest you quit sniffing and open your eyes and READ his words.
But what fun would that be? It's more fun to misrepresent the facts.
I found this on FR and agree with Sarah..Make sure that you click onto the article and watch the video inside..
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2550627/posts
Besides what I put in the other post here is what Perry really said..
You can put a program into place in which these individuals can be identified, and work visas in which they can move back and forth between their countries but not to become United States citizens, Perry said. And I think thats where McCain, thats where Romney, thats where even Bush went wrong when they talked about the issue that, were going to give amnesty to these individuals, and people just said, no, were not.
Perry didnt elaborate on what such a visa plan would look like, saying only that authorities need to determine a better way to identify illegal immigrants and make them part of mainstream society. He also said the program would only work if the federal government first does a better job securing Americas borders.
That is on this very article..
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