This policy makes sense, of course, given the constraints states face in regards to illegal immigration. A dozen states have similar policies.
Oh, in before the anti-Perry kill them illegals troll squad.
How about all the innocent US citizens killed by the sainted illegals?
Perry went from 30% to 6% in just a few weeks, after defending this bill. The people have spoken. If he continues to defend this nonsense he will be out of the race before the first primary. That he fails to recognize why this offends ordinary American citizens is just more evidence why he lacks the judgement to get the Republican nomination.
This is the convoluted equivalent of saying "make the most of being raped". Honestly, you say you're against illegals and amnesty and then in the same damned breath say "make the best of it".....the fact that you call them students doesn't amount to a hill of beans - all I see are a bunch of trouble makers La Razing it up on Reconquista day at school ala California.
Sheesh! Stop with the justifications and weird rationalizations about illegals, tuition and amnesty. Your own laws as part of its implementation say "must commit to taking the steps to citizenship". You neglect that the very fact they are here is illegal, whether brought here or walking across the border on on their own two feet. That fact disqualifies them by current written law.
You'd be better off letting the tuition thing dying down and stop rationalizing. I think his tax plan is worth talking about more than his penchant for saying the rest of us don't have a heart.
>> A dozen states have similar policies. <<
I unfortunately live in one of those dozen states. (Obama’s home state, as Perry fans are quick to remind me). It also passed by overwheming “bi-partisan” vote of the state legislature, and it also grants “in-state tuition rates” to illegal aliens in our state that law-abiding citizens of the other 49 states don’t have access to.
“Today’s bipartisan vote in the Illinois House is truly historic,” said Lawrence Benito, deputy director of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, which spearheaded passage of the bill. “This vote is a victory for our state and an important step forward in recognizing the contributions of immigrants.”
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/illinois-latest-state-pass-dream-act-160318716.html
I hold no double standards. I opposed it when MY state passed it, and I oppose Rick Perry doing the same in his state (to be fair though... Perry started this cr@p, the Chicago machine politicians in my state simply followed his lead). Just because stupid Republican politicians sell us out and go along with this liberal garbage, doesn’t make it right or mean that “the people” in these dozen states want it. Just because a bunch of media elites love it, doesn’t mean it’s “working” in our state. Those of us who worked our butts off and struggled to pay for college and could not AFFORD to go to college in another state resent foriegn criminals sneaking into our country and getting benefits we don’t have.
If you support it, that’s your buisness, but I’m going to excise my right to oppose politicians that passed the DREAM act, INCLUDING Rick Perry.
Ah for the “if you dislike it, why didn’t you vote for those legislators OUT?” excuse, believe me we’ve tried but the districts are gerrymandered so the incumbent combine crooks win no matter what. Last November, the people of my township voted AGAINST the Chicago machine hack (by a vote of 53% GOP - 47% DEM)that the machine put up. But he got over 70% of the vote in 1/3rd of the district located within Chicago city limits and won anyway. Ain’t that a kick in the pants?
http://results.cookcountyclerk.com/Detail.aspx?eid=110210&rid=54&vfor=1&twpftr=1