“If the veto-proof majority makes the signing of the voter ID meaningless, why even mention the DREAM ACT that passed with near-unanimous votes in 2001 and 2005?”
Heck, I didn’t even know we had our own Dream Act until recently. I mention it now, not because of how it passed back then, when we were all compassionate, but because there has been a national debate on the topic and its now more than clear that it is simply a MAGNET for Illegals, and the best thing to do would be to scuttle it here in Texas. But no talk of that, not even a whisper.
We must say to every Texas child learning in a Texas classroom, we dont care where you come from, but where you are going, and we are going to do everything we can to help you get there.
~Rick Perry, 2001
"To punish these young Texans for their parents' actions is not what America has always been about..."
Rick Perry, 2011