Posted on 08/15/2011 10:51:41 AM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears
In sharp contrast to the national Republican Party line, Texas Gov. Rick Perry still supports his state's version of the so-called DREAM Act, which permits foreign-born children of illegal immigrants to pay in-state college tuition. "To punish these young Texans for their parents' actions is not what America has always been about," the potential dark horse GOP candidate told the New Hampshire Union Leader in his first New Hampshire interview of the 2012 campaign cycle.
Perry has not yet announced whether he will run for president, but he polls well. Real Clear Politics's average of polls, for example, puts him in fourth place behind former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Rep. Michele Bachmann, and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who is also undeclared. Perry opposes passing such legislation on the federal level, but his stance on immigration could tarnish his star among conservatives, who have fought efforts in other states and the U.S. Congress to pass similar legislation. Critics see such laws as a giveaway to people who have broken the law and unfair to American citizens who have to pay out-of-state tuition to attend universities across state lines.
I just don’t get people that claim to be conservatives not having a problem with our culture and country getting overrun with illegal aliens, and as a result being destroyed.
Every other student? What about American citizens who happen to live across the state line? Let's say they live on the Arkansas side of Texarkana but wish to attend college at a Texas university on the other side of town. So it's okay to give these ILLEGAL Texas residents cheaper "in-state tuition" at a Texas university, but force those taxpaying lawful American citizen who lives 2 miles away to pay FIVE TIMES what the ILLEGAL FORIEGNERS living down the road are paying? How is that "fair"?
Sorry, Perry's just plain wrong here.
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