I think Perry doesn’t get all the credit for what he did try to do on the border. Look up Operation Rio Grande and Operation Linebacker. He attempted to put the State Guard on the border and authorize State police to enforce immigration laws. In both cases he was shot down by the Federal Government as being out of his jurisdiction. He is mixed. He seems to want to control the traffic across, but once they are here, he has taken a weaker hand (such as tuition for illegals).
Still, compared to Obama...
Too bad Perry hasn’t actually decided yet. The next debate is Monday night. It would be interesting to see him going against Bachmann and Romney.
Operation Rio Grande was started in 1997 during W's governorship. How can you say with a serious face that either program has done one bit of good. There's more illegals crossing today than when Gov. Goodhair took office.