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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.
Actually, no it is not. But it was part of Harry Reid's failed Dream Act that was opposed by conservatives here on FR and conservatives in congress. And if failed.
Enlistment into the U.S. Navy, or any branch of the U.S. military, by citizens of countries other than the United States is limited to those foreign nationals who are legally residing in the United States and possess an Immigration and Naturalization Service Alien Registration Card (INS Form I-151/551 — commonly known as a "Green Card").
http://www.navy.mil/navydata/navy_legacy_hr.asp?id=167
And I never said RINO Rick was talking about the parents, I knew quite well he was talking about their kids who are ILLEGAL aliens also. Said kids were also the target of Harry Reid's failed Dream Act that was opposed by conservatives, not pro-ILLEGAL alien, pro-open borders RINOS like RINO RICK PERRY. And that he would call someone a Texan who is in the country ILLEGALLY serves one purpose, it reveals he is PRO-ILLEGAL ALIEN!
Perry is a RINO and a fraud. He may have you fooled but fortunately those of us in the rest of the country are not.