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“Big time RINO whose record is rife with advocating for ILLEGAL aliens and open borders. The two points below say it all.”

“When Perry spoke of ILLEGAL aliens he referred to America as, “THEIR COUNTRY”.

That is the United States of America Policy. You can defend America in our armed forces and by doing so become a US Citizen. When he said “their country” he was assuming they would be American Citizens since that is the policy of the US Federal Government.

Would you look someone in the eye who has fought for America in Iraq or Afghanistan, for the freedom of this country and say they do not deserve to become an American?

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“And when again speaking of ILLEGAL aliens Perry called the foreign invaders, “TEXANS”.”

He was talking about kids. Kids in Texas who have grown up most of their lives in Texas, gone through school in Texas (the United States Supreme Court ruled that Texas must educate illegals) and graduated from high school with grades good enough to go to college. Yes, he called those Texas Kids Texans.

Keep in mind, that the root problem is that the Federal Government let this snow ball because they passed a law that required States to educate children regardless of their citizen status.

Keep in mind, that the Texas Legislature voted this in-state tuition bill into law in 2001.
The House (which at the time had a 78-72 Democratic majority) voted 142-1 in favor.
The Senate, with a 16-15 Republican majority, voted 27-3 to pass it.

Keep in mind, that these kids going to college have to not only have been in the Texas public school system for over 3 years consecutively but also have to file an affidavit to become a US Citizen. Then and only then are they allowed in-state tuition. That means they pay a discounted tuition.
And they do pay. There are no benefits attached.

In 2009, Texas Universities received over 27 million in tuition and fees from these same students who qualified.
In 2009, in the fall semester there were 8400 undocumented students enrolled in community college or technical school, 3700 were in public universities and 7 were enrolled in a health-related institute.

And your statement that they are foreign invaders is false.
They were kids of foreign invaders who your federal gov mandated they attend Texas Public Schools. In 2009, there were approx 12K that qualified for in-state “lowered” tuition rates for the fall semester.

THAT is who Gov Perry called Texans. Not their parents who broke the law.

We allocated an additional $4 billion to the Medicaid program, and more than $900 million to the Children’s Health Insurance Program. I urged legislators to pass a telemedicine pilot program that will enable, through technology, a sick border resident of limited financial means to receive care from a specialist hundreds of miles away. But the effort to combat disease and illness requires greater cooperative efforts between our two nations. It is a simple truth that disease knows no boundaries. An outbreak of drug-resistant tuberculosis, for example, endangers citizens of both our nations.

Legislation authored by border legislators Pat Haggerty and Eddie Lucio establishes an important study that will look at the feasibility of bi-national health insurance. This study recognizes that the Mexican and U.S. sides of the border compose one region, and we must address health care problems throughout that region. That’s why I am also excited that Texas Secretary of State Henry Cuellar is working on an initiative that could extend the benefits of telemedicine to individuals living on the Mexican side of the border.

As a compassionate state, we know that for our children to succeed, they must not only be healthy, but educated. The future leaders of our two nations are learning their fractions and their ABC’s in classrooms all along this border. Immigrants from around the world are being taught in Texas classrooms, and our history is rich with examples of new citizens who have made great contributions. We must say to every Texas child learning in a Texas classroom, “we don’t care where you come from, but where you are going, and we are going to do everything we can to help you get there.” And that vision must include the children of undocumented workers. That’s why Texas took the national lead in allowing such deserving young minds to attend a Texas college at a resident rate. Those young minds are a part of a new generation of leaders, the doors of higher education must be open to them. The message is simple: educacion es el futuro, y si se puede.

Gov. Rick Perry's Remarks to the Border Summit