Perry knocks Obama’s handling of border security

Austin American-Statesman ^ | July 18, 2011 | Jason Embry

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Speaking this morning to the Texas Municipal Police Association in Austin, Gov. Rick Perry returned to one of his favorite subjects over the last few years, saying the Obama administration has inappropriately handled security issues on the Texas-Mexico border.

Perry, who told the Des Moines Register in recent days that God may be calling him to run for president, has long said Washington has not deployed enough manpower to the Texas-Mexico border. He repeated that criticism this morning, saying he wants 3,000 Border Patrol agents along the border in Texas and 1,000 troops from the National Guard. He said the administration’s decision to send 286 troops last year was “grossly inadequate.”

“The federal government continues to turn a blind eye to this problem,” Perry said.

Last August, when President Barack Obama came to Austin for a fundraiser, Perry met him at the airport and tried to hand him a letter asking for National Guard troops. (He gave the letter to an Obama aide.) Perry later bragged in a re-election commercial that he had “confronted” Obama, showing footage of their brief encounter.

Last year, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano sent Perry a letter saying the Border Patrol was “better staffed” than at any time in its history, having increased from about 10,000 agents in 2004 to more than 20,000 in 2010.

[magna carta]

Invoke the fear of God Almighty in all that hire them. Get a sanctuary bill passed.Make it a felony to produce fake docs like they did in Georgia. Talk about the Rule of Law in front of as many camaras as possible. Let the voters know that he understands the philosophy behind the concept of Rule of Law.
Just like Sara did:

“The DREAM Act, well see, the immigrants of the past, they had to literally and figuratively stand in line to become U.S. citizens,” said Palin. “I’d like to see that continue, and unfortunately the DREAM Act kind of usurps that, the system.”

[altura]

Whoa. That’s a little over the top. A lot of people like Perry who has some negatives but is basically a very good guy.

pimpsfor perry?

[Cincinatus' Wife]

You need to talk with Pres. B. Obama and NSA Janet N., AG E. Holder about your solutions.

Gov. Rick Perry has but they don’t want to listen.

Perhaps you will have better luck.

Good luck.

[altura]

I read a medical magazine in my doctor’s office the other day and there was a favorable article about gardisal. It was recommended for boys also.

You can’t go by all those links you posted. It’s controversial but not evil. It was not compulsory. Many vaccinations are.

That gardisal argument won’t fly ... it might make a few lame jumps.

[altura]

CW made a nice well-reasoned post. And your idea of a good rebuttal is “You little disingenuous PerryBOT.”

Way to go, bro.

[magna carta]

This did not start with Obama. Bush had lower workplace enforcement than Clinton did. The things I suggested are totally and completely possible under the purview of a willing governor with the cooperation and leadership needed to usher these reforms through the House & Senate at the state level. Those who punt this to the Fed. Level are not being honest. Look at what Sheriff Joe is doing in AZ. He doesn’t wait on the Federal govt. What about the neighboring states like Alabama and Louisiana& Georgia?
no...The legislature & Perry also on immigration enforcement gave “We the People” a Shakespeare play...it was all smoke and mirrors.

[af_vet_rr]

Gov. Perry and the Texas Dream Act

[snip]

That FR thread you're linking to is based on this Houston Chronicle Article, which in turn quotes from this speech: http://governor.state.tx.us/news/speech/10688/

Legislation authored by border legislators Pat Haggerty and Eddie Lucio establishes an important study that will look at the feasibility of bi-national health insurance. This study recognizes that the Mexican and U.S. sides of the border compose one region, and we must address health care problems throughout that region. That’s why I am also excited that Texas Secretary of State Henry Cuellar is working on an initiative that could extend the benefits of telemedicine to individuals living on the Mexican side of the border.

As a compassionate state, we know that for our children to succeed, they must not only be healthy, but educated. The future leaders of our two nations are learning their fractions and their ABC’s in classrooms all along this border. Immigrants from around the world are being taught in Texas classrooms, and our history is rich with examples of new citizens who have made great contributions. We must say to every Texas child learning in a Texas classroom, “we don’t care where you come from, but where you are going, and we are going to do everything we can to help you get there.” And that vision must include the children of undocumented workers. That’s why Texas took the national lead in allowing such deserving young minds to attend a Texas college at a resident rate. Those young minds are a part of a new generation of leaders, the doors of higher education must be open to them. The message is simple: educacion es el futuro, y si se puede.

We also know that poverty is not unique to either side of the border. Some of Texas’ poorest citizens live in colonias all along the border. They often lack basic infrastructure many of us take for granted. Just today, the North American Development Bank announced it will provide $6.3 million in funding to hook up colonia residents in six border cities to water and wastewater lines. More than 18,000 residents will benefit from these water or wastewater hookups. And this November, by approving Proposition 2, Texas voters can ensure that their neighbors in colonias have quality roads so that school buses, emergency vehicles and postal trucks can reach residents, and residents can get to a job or a school reliably.

President Fox’s vision for an open border is a vision I embrace, as long as we demonstrate the will to address the obstacles to it. An open border means poverty has given way to opportunity, and Mexico’s citizens do not feel compelled to cross the border to find that opportunity. It means we have addressed pollution concerns, made substantial progress in stopping the spread of disease, and rid our crossings of illicit drug smuggling activity. Clearly we have a long way to go in addressing those issues. At the same time we must continue to deepen our economic ties, expanding opportunities for Mexican and U.S. companies to do business on both sides of the border. The outlook is promising, even if the road to prosperity is a long one. We share a bond as neighbors, and we find our culture north of the Rio Grande to be increasingly defined by the strong traits of people of Hispanic descent. Texas has long enjoyed a unique identity, an identity forged by an independent spirit, and the convergence of many different peoples. We must welcome change in the 21st Century as we have in every century before it.

Open borders, "bi-national health insurance", what a conservative that Perry is :)

[Cincinatus' Wife]

We disagree on Perry’s attempts (and power) to address it.

[af_vet_rr]

2007: [excerpt] "Perry, in Mexico with a Texan trade mission seeking opportunities in areas like renewable energy, said the federal government’s plan to build a wall along much of the border to keep out illegal immigrants was “idiocy.”

“We need those individuals to continue to grow our economy,” Perry told a briefing with reporters.

Thank you for posting this before I did. This Houston Chronicle article from the day after the Reuters article you posted expands on Perry's thoughts:

MEXICO CITY — Leading a large delegation of Texas executives trying to drum up business in Mexico, Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday criticized the U.S. Congress for failing to pass an immigration bill that would legalize millions of workers.

"I don't think this is that difficult an issue if Congress would have the maturity to sit down and really discuss it and cut out all the mean rhetoric," Perry said during a break in the third day of meetings with Mexican officials and business executives.

"We need those individuals to continue to grow our economy," he said of Texas' undocumented workers, most of whom hail from Mexico. "The vast, vast majority of those individuals want to come and work and take care of their families."

Perry made the remarks in Mexico City, where immigration is nearly as big a hot-button issue as it is in Washington. He spoke at a press conference shortly before meeting with President Felipe Calderon who, like past Mexican presidents, has lobbied for changes in U.S. immigration law that would include a guest-worker program.

Perry's statements seemed to put him at odds with many in the Republican Party's base who regarded the immigration overhaul bill that collapsed in the Senate in June as nothing more than an amnesty for illegal immigrants.

I'd further expand with comments he made the previous year, in 2006, about the need for a guest worker program (http://governor.state.tx.us/news/editorial/10326/):

But to me neither amnesty nor mass deportation is the answer. The first unfairly rewards those who broke our laws, and the latter is not only unrealistic and unenforceable, but it would devastate our economy. That’s why I support a guest worker program that takes undocumented workers off the black market and legitimizes their economic contributions without providing them citizenship status

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Yes. It was all properly linked.

I posted it.

Your point?

You think Rick Perry is talking about no border control?

You take a speech and use it to address every concern you have about Rick Perry?

Why don’t you write and express your points and concerns to his staff.

http://www.governor.state.tx.us/

He has a very accessible website with a lot of information as well as points of contact and a search engine.

[af_vet_rr]

Perry is all hat on border security/illegal immigration just like he is on fiscal issues. RINO Ricky has ties to some certifiable religious wack-jobs in Texas, so he may be doing more than just election-year pandering on abortion. Then again, he endorsed Giuliani last time around so he might be full of it on RTL, too.

I'm still not sure how one can be a true pro-lifer and support a pro-abortion candidate like Giuliani. I've been waiting for an explanation from a few people. My take is that Perry doesn't take abortion seriously or was willing to set aside his pro-life beliefs to campaign for Giuliani for President, because Giuliani's law firm was trying to help the European company get Perry's corridor built. I don't think a corridor is worth setting aside your pro-life beliefs, but I'm not Rick Perry.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Yes! I'm certain the Houston Comicle expanded on his remarks. But you must quote this -- it can not be divorced from his remarks:

2007: [excerpt] "Perry, in Mexico with a Texan trade mission seeking opportunities in areas like renewable energy, said the federal government’s plan to build a wall along much of the border to keep out illegal immigrants was “idiocy.”

“We need those individuals to continue to grow our economy,” Perry told a briefing with reporters.

“If you show up illegally, without your card or you’re here as a criminal element, I’m for throwing the book at those folks, but the issue of people who want to legally, thoughtfully and appropriately come to America to work and help us build our economy — we should quickly come up with a program and an identification card to do that.” [end excerpt] Source

[af_vet_rr]

Your point?

I was just surprised that you posted it before somebody else did. Perry getting upset at Congress for not supporting a guest worker program is not something I think you'd be publicly posting, since a lot of people don't care for such a thing.

You think Rick Perry is talking about no border control?

I know exactly what Rick Perry is talking about. He's got 10 years worth of speeches and interviews where he talks about open borders, bi-national health insurance, guest worker programs, praise for LULAC, and a whole host of other things that don't sit right with Texans who have to foot the bills for the things he wants. It's clear the direction he wants to take us.

You take a speech and use it to address every concern you have about Rick Perry?

Says the lady who takes a thread and uses to to address every concern raised about Perry's thoughts on the border ;-) I think it's a very important speech. Some of Perry's biggest projects and beliefs came out of speeches he gave in 2001, from his Mexico-to-Oklahoma corridor to his support of illegal immigrants.

He has a very accessible website with a lot of information as well as points of contact and a search engine.

Yes he does, I've used his website to learn a lot more about his support for illegal immigrants.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I do not profess to know everything Rick Perry knows, or thinks — unlike you.

You haven’t named a candidate you think is a good fit for the top of the GOP ticket.

Would you like to share?

[af_vet_rr]

Yes! I'm certain the Houston Comicle expanded on his remarks. But you must quote this -- it can not be divorced from his remarks:

2007: [excerpt] "Perry, in Mexico with a Texan trade mission seeking opportunities in areas like renewable energy, said the federal government’s plan to build a wall along much of the border to keep out illegal immigrants was “idiocy.”

“We need those individuals to continue to grow our economy,” Perry told a briefing with reporters.

“If you show up illegally, without your card or you’re here as a criminal element, I’m for throwing the book at those folks, but the issue of people who want to legally, thoughtfully and appropriately come to America to work and help us build our economy — we should quickly come up with a program and an identification card to do that.” [end excerpt] Source

Sorry I left that out. So Rick Perry says we shouldn't build a border to keep out illegal immigrants because, to quote your article, "We need those individuals to continue to grow our economy", and then he talks about a program that would allow those people to come here and work, that would otherwise be here illegally.....that sounds an awful lot like some kind of open borders.

At first I read it as an amnesty program, another of his "guest worker" things, but now it seems like he wants to come up with an identification card for people to come over and work without becoming American citizens, and that definitely strikes me as open borders.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

You know, to you he’s damned if he does and he’s damned if he doesn’t.

So just damn.

Your candidate?

[af_vet_rr]

I do not profess to know everything Rick Perry knows, or thinks — unlike you.

I look at his donors and the speeches he's given over the years.

If you do not know how Perry thinks, then how you are able to defend Rick Perry setting aside his pro-life beliefs to campaign for Rudy Giuliani? You went so far as to refer to Giuliani as, and I quote: Rudy Giuliani the conservative national security candidate.

That takes guts to defend Perry campaigning for Giuliani, and I still would like to know what made you do it. Setting aside pro-life beliefs is not something a pro-lifer would do lightly, and so something struck a chord with you, to make you defend Rick Perry's support of Rudy Giuliani.

You haven’t named a candidate you think is a good fit for the top of the GOP ticket.

It's July and we don't know the whole field. I can tell you that it's a candidate who isn't named Rick Perry.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

You're kind of wimpy about not telling us who you like for the GOP run. But that's okay. Says a lot about how you blast others w/o saying who you'd support. But that's okay. It's not like you're trying to hide anything.

And Rudy Giuliani IS VERY CONSERVATIVE ON NATIONAL SECURITY!!! And Rudy Giuliani was elected to be mayor of NYC and he cleaned it up. Now it's going to hell again.

Andrea Tantaros & Bob Beckel discuss Rick Perry & Rudy Giuliani Giuliani: Says, the Republican Party will be much more successful if we get the heck out of peoples’ bedrooms – let these things get decided by states and stick to our economic conservative roots.

[isthisnickcool]

Bob Perry has given millions to Rick Perry. Bob is a good guy. I can hit his house with a rock. Truth is, when Bob says jump Rick jumps. That's why the sanctuary city law never went anywhere. Perry is a commodity.

I know all about PACS and whatnot. Every person in every legislative position in Texas has some thing like "Eagles Forum for Flag Waiving Gimme Some Money & Get Your Law Past". There is a reason some have no other job than being in the legislature which only pays a few grand. Money get funneled to them.

[EternalVigilance]

Giuliani: Says, the Republican Party will be much more successful if we get the heck out of peoples’ bedrooms – let these things get decided by states and stick to our economic conservative roots.

Are you giving credence to that absolute nonsense?