How do you describe Perry's stance on immigration? What, specifically, do you not like?
Where do you draw the line where the Fed gov't responsibility to defend borders ends and the border states reponsibility begins.
- I do do not like him pandering to La Raza for votes. For the reasons I already enumeratied.
- I do not like him scoffing at the idea of a border fence. If built properly, and patrolled properly, it could be extremely helpful in securing the borders.
- I do not like him using tax payer monies to subsdidize education of illegal immigrant children. Make it clear that we are serious about deporting illegals, and about closing down businesses who illegally hire them, and most of them will self-deport.
All of these things make me leary about his stance. I do not want any form of an open border attitude in a president of these United States. I want someone who will be deadly serious about securing our borders and ensuring that people who come here illegally get sent back where they came from...and people who illegally hire them get prosecutred. I want someone who will seriously find the illegals and deport them.
Like I said, if we become serious in this manner, most of those who are "just here to work" will self deport. Others, who are here to criminally run drugs or engage in other such activities we are going to have to seriously hunt down and irradicate. We must make abject examples of those types.
Anyhow, I am a Texas native, born and raised. Though I live in Idaho now, I am well aware of the issues in my home state. As I said, I like a lot of what Perry says and represents...but I cannot condone his stance on illegal immigration as I have outlined it.