One has to wonder: if Perry is so squishy on an issue that is very important to Conservatives, what else will he be squishy about?
(MSNBC) “We have, for decades, had a federal government that has absolutely failed in its constitutional duty to defend our border,†Perry said.
“I’m a governor. I don’t have the pleasure of standing on the stage and criticizing. I have to deal with these issues,†he later added.
Perry continued, “In 2001, we had this choice: Are we going to kick these children over to the curb and say you cannot have access to college? Because the fact of the matter is there’s no way they could pay the out-of-state tuition. And are we going to have them on the government dole over here because they’re not educated? Or are we going to have them in our institutions of higher learning, paying in state tuition, pursuing citizenship?
“So in Texas, we made the decision that it was in our best interest as a state — economically and otherwise — to have those young people in our institutions of higher learning becoming educated to be part of our skilled workforce.”
So, you provided illegal aliens with a taxpayer subsidized higher education, giving them the means to displace legal American citizens from jobs? Um, but, wait, said illegals with a taxpayer subsidized higher education cannot legally work in the United States, so, you’ve essentially provided them with a taxpayer subsidized higher education for no reason?
But, yes, you do “kick them to the curb”, preferably the curb in the country they came from.
As Allahpundit points out: Really? There are no jobs for illegals anywhere in Texas to earn tuition money? I was under the impression that there are quite a lot of jobs available to them, especially since Perry opposes e-Verify.
