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The letter is for calling another special session to address immigration matters left undone, particularly sanctuary cities. The letter can be signed by residents and non-residents of Texas and is endorsed by alot of the Texas TEA Party groups.

The letter is for calling another special session to address immigration matters left undone, particularly sanctuary cities. The letter can be signed by residents and non-residents of Texas and is endorsed by alot of the Texas TEA Party groups.

The sanctuary cities legislation was dying while Rick Perry was shaking hands in California, and Perry has not called for another special session. The sanctuary cities legislation is not going to happen, and it's clear in hindsight that it was never going to happen - Perry was pretending to do it to please a few out-of-staters who don't know his record, and Perry's biggest donors made damn sure that the legislation wasn't going to cross Perry's desk. The end result - Rick Perry gets to pretend to be tough on illegal immigration (even if his speeches and actions of of 2001-2010 say otherwise) and Rick Perry's donors sleep easy at night knowing their illegal labor is safe.

Why is the sanctuary cities legislation never going to cross Rick Perry's desk? Rick Perry's biggest donor, Bob Perry (home builder), and one of his other biggest donors, Charles Butt (grocer) lobbied the legislature last week against the sanctuary cities bill. In the previous session, David Dewhurst was blamed for killing the sanctuary cities bill. Guess who was a a major donor to Dewhurst - that's right, Rick Perry's biggest donor, Bob Perry.

Being that you are not from Texas, you maybe asking how Rick Perry's biggest or major donors like Bob Perry and Charles Butt can have so much influence on the Texas legislature. I'll let you in on a secret - the Texas legislature does not meet for very long and is not paid very much, and it's full of RINOs and the Texas House is run by a RINO, but that's not the whole story.

When Rick Perry's biggest or major donors make it known that they want the sanctuary cities bill to die, what they are in effect saying is that if the sanctuary cities legislation makes it through, then any legislators that helped it get through are going to find a well-funded opposition in their next primaries or campaigns (both donors have donated to Democrats in the past). Given that Charles Butt and Bob Perry are worth billions and have donated millions to their various causes and candidates, it would be very cheap for them to defeat a whole lot of Texas legislators who worked for the sanctuary cities bill. Texas legislators simply do not have access to fight that kind of money, and Texas demographics have been changing to favor the Democrats as it is and a lot of races will be tightening up in the future.

I believe Rick Perry probably knew in advance that his biggest donor would work to make sure the sanctuary cities legislation was going to die, and I think his biggest donor allowed him to act tough when it comes to illegal immigration.

I can tell you that you will not find Rick Perry speaking ill of his biggest donors working against the legislation. As a FReeper said, when Rick Perry is bought, he stays bought.

Thanks...I testified several times. Going to try to run a petition because what I actually predicted came to pass. Legal work close to being complete. www.stopthemagnet.com