One of my observations about Texas politics, and by extension the present governor, is that decisions involving power to politics, which in most states would be low profile, in Texas ends up big and unsubtle, as in a plank in a party platform. This is a payoff to certain business sectors in the state that have provided large cash infusions to Rick Perry.
Texans here at Free Republic brag about conservatism in their state, but there is NOTHING conservative about this: aiding and abetting the violation of Federal Immigration laws in order to reap huge profits from encouraging, employing and protecting illegal aliens.
Texas tries to put up a good front. It’s like the rancher greeting you while on his front porch, shotgun in hand, claiming he’s doing everything he can to stop the invasion, meanwhile his back gate is wide open and the dog is chained.