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Perry bills feds for housing illegals
Associated Press ^
| August 26, 2011
| APRIL CASTRO
Posted on 08/26/2011 3:50:03 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry has asked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to reimburse the state $350 million to cover costs of imprisoning illegal immigrants.
In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, the top-tier Republican presidential candidate blamed the federal government for not securing the border with Mexico, allowing illegal immigrants to cross over and use taxpayer-funded resources.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aliens; cost; flipflopperry; formerdemocratperry; govperry; illegelaliens; napolitano; openborders
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To: Free ThinkerNY
One smart cookie, politically. And, a justified bill.
To: Free ThinkerNY
Good move politically. But then, what will happen when his own DREAM act is publicized?
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posted on
08/26/2011 3:53:18 PM PDT
by
Ingtar
(Together we go broke (from a Pookie18 post))
To: Free ThinkerNY
I like ideology just fine. But balls goes a long way with me.
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posted on
08/26/2011 3:53:31 PM PDT
by
fhayek
To: Free ThinkerNY
perry has more balls than most pubies.
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posted on
08/26/2011 3:56:16 PM PDT
by
ken21
(ruling class dem + rino progressives -- destroying america for 150 years.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
08/26/2011 3:56:30 PM PDT
by
GrouchoTex
(...and ye shall know the Truth and the Truth shall set you free....)
To: Free ThinkerNY
This should be done by every state. The man has spine. I like that.
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posted on
08/26/2011 3:57:53 PM PDT
by
mardi59
To: Free ThinkerNY
This is what EVERY governor should be doing!
Too bad he is so weak on allowing Texas to do their part in discouraging the invasion.
His approval of in-state tuition rates for the illegals ruins him as a candidate for me.
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posted on
08/26/2011 3:58:00 PM PDT
by
Loyal Sedition
(Loyal Sedition, often described as "To the right of Attila The Hun"!)
To: Loyal Sedition
“His approval of in-state tuition rates for the illegals ruins him as a candidate for me.”
Same here. It’s an immigration magnet, just like not enforcing the employment laws, letting them collect food stamps, use emergency rooms, etc., etc.
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posted on
08/26/2011 4:01:43 PM PDT
by
SharpRightTurn
(White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
To: Ingtar
Good move politically. But then, what will happen when his own DREAM act is publicized? Is he also going to bill them for the cost of a dorm room?
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posted on
08/26/2011 4:02:45 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Wesley Clark was an Eagle Scout too...)
To: AnalogReigns
One smart cookie, politically. And, a justified bill. Had he done this years ago when it should have been done I'd say it wasn't a political stunt.
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posted on
08/26/2011 4:03:20 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: Loyal Sedition
His approval of in-state tuition rates for the illegals ruins him as a candidate for me.
That's a strike against him alright.
Now if he sued that Janet Napolitano guy to recover the tuition costs, that'd be a different story.
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posted on
08/26/2011 4:03:39 PM PDT
by
LearsFool
("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
To: Free ThinkerNY
He’s governor for 10+ years. How many times has he sent this bill in the previous ten years?
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posted on
08/26/2011 4:07:01 PM PDT
by
Will88
To: Will88
You know he has written a couple of books that no body has read.
I wonder if one of them was entitled, "The Art of Political Pandering".
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posted on
08/26/2011 4:09:56 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Wesley Clark was an Eagle Scout too...)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Can he bill the Feds for the illegal immigrant tuitions that his state funded as well?
That would be great political posing and the naive Perry acolytes will triumph this bit of Kabuki theater as further proof of his true conservatism.
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posted on
08/26/2011 4:10:07 PM PDT
by
Tempest
(Google: Rick perry bi-national healthcare)
To: Moonman62
"Had he done this years ago when it should have been done I'd say it wasn't a political stunt."
Look for more of the same as he attempts to reinvent himself.
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posted on
08/26/2011 4:14:16 PM PDT
by
Free in Texas
(Corruptisima Re Publica Plurimae Leges-In the most corrupt state are the most laws (Terence)
To: gov_bean_ counter
Come on. Even you guys that don’t like Perry have to at least like the chutzpah of this move.
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posted on
08/26/2011 4:17:19 PM PDT
by
comebacknewt
(Sheesh. Go away and stay away Newt.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Why doesn’t Perry just put them up in college dorm rooms for free? After all, he’s giving them free taxpayer paid tuition.
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posted on
08/26/2011 4:18:30 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(Free Republic- Still AAA++ rated)
To: comebacknewt
He is clever if not consistent.
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posted on
08/26/2011 4:18:40 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Wesley Clark was an Eagle Scout too...)
To: gov_bean_ counter
I’m not totally against Perry, and I’m not thrilled about any of the candidates so far. But I’m also not going to kid myself about Perry’s shortcoming and pandering, which seem to be considerable.
He’s a Republican version of Slick Willie Clinton, which could have some good and bad outcomes should he become president.
But if this is the first year, out of ten, that he’s sent such a letter to DC, then his strongest supporters should be embarrassed to even mention it in public, let alone try to turn it into some big gutsy move.
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posted on
08/26/2011 4:22:41 PM PDT
by
Will88
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