[xzins]

Since he was talking about the young, and becoming contributing members, he was probably meaning those brought here by their parents through no fault of their own.

He thinks that’s best for the state of Texas to have those kids working on their education rather than being a burden on the state just hanging around getting in trouble.

He also made a point that no one heard, or at least didn’t respond to: “we share a 1200 mile border with Mexico”. He talked about them having agreements with one another.

I know that Ohio has an agreement with Kentucky (and probably Indiana, PA, MI, and WV, too) called “reciprocity” regarding in-state tuition for those in border counties getting reciprocal in-state tuition if they go to the other state’s schools. That makes sense to me.

It highlights to me that Texas just might have very good bordering country reasons for dealing differently with Mexico than does Ohio, and for the same reason that Ohio has good reason to have special arrangements with kentucky et al.

[P-Marlowe]

I had previously indicated that I frankly have no problem with the "dread act" as it pertains to the states. The Texas dream act simply puts kids who were brought here by their parents illegally into the same shoes as other Texas kids. I would also support a limited amnesty for those kids. Through no fault of their own, these kids are basically children with no country. They have no contemporary ties to their parent's home country and they are effectively adults with nowhere to go.

Call me a RINO, but it is simply not a Christian thing to do to punish a kid for the sins of his parents.