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Rick Perry: Border Wall Nothing More Than Rhetoric
Legal Insurrection ^ | 09/05/2015 | Kemberlee Kaye

Posted on 09/06/2015 7:11:39 AM PDT by nhwingut

Joining Lou Dobbs earlier this week, Former Texas Governor Rick Perry was asked to explain his stance on illegal immigration and border security.

“I think we need to flesh everyone out from the stand point of of just the rhetoric. When somebody says, ‘let’s build a wall,’ then I think it’s appropriate to say, it’s good to have this conversation, it’s good that we are having this conversation that now for thirty years, this border has not been secured. We’ve known it’s been a problem,” said Perry.

Dobbs interjected that he doesn’t believe a single candidate talking about immigration issues because “we’ve heard it all before.”

“Good for you!” responded Perry.

“The fact is, until the media really digs in on this issue and says explains to me exactly what you’re talking about when it comes to securing the border, because everything goes back to that. Whether it’s this issue about these people on welfare, whether it’s the cost to states when it comes to the schools… You know all of the cost of this border that’s not secure has been mounting up and costing billions and billions of dollars. So the issue all goes back to securing the border. If you secure the border, this whole conversation about the 14th amendment, those go away.”

We know how to secure the border, Lou. The issue is, we have not had the will in the White House to do that and we haven’t had the will in Congress. Washington is completely corrupt when it comes to this issue.”

Dobbs asked Perry what he would do to secure the border.

“Let’s talk about reality. It’s 1,933 miles from Tijuana right there by San Diego all the way to El Paso, and El Paso to Brownsville. So you must understand really understand the size and the scope of this to really get your hands around it.

Then you must believe that man power and boots on the ground are the real key issue here. Whether you build a that’s 20 feet high and 1,933 miles long, and you ask the question how long’s that going to take to build and what’s that going to cost, but there’s a better way, I will suggest to you and it’s having the personnel in the right places, the boots on the ground in the right places. It is the strategic fencing and the type of wall, if that’s what you want to call it, in the metropolitans and the aviation assets, Lou. If you don’t have the aviation assets looking down 24/7, making the analysis of what’s going on along that border, both side, identifying where the problems are and quick response teams to interdict, that’s when you secure the border.” [emphasis added]

Perry and Dobbs also discussed a key component missing from the border security discussion — our relationship with Mexico. Holding Mexico responsible, assessing the foreign aid they receive, and considering our trade partnerships are all crucial parts of any strategy to secure the border.

Perry explained working with Mexico to secure their Southern border should be part of a comprehensive strategy as well.

“I will suggest to you that we can also be of assistance on the Southern border with Mexico because that’s where a lot of these challenges come from. Last summer, it was Central American kids that were coming up here, showing up here. It wasn’t Mexican citizens.”

Video interview at source.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Mexico; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida; US: New York; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; election2016; florida; immigration; jebbush; kemberleekaye; loudobbs; marcorubio; mexico; newyork; perry; rickperry; tedcruz; texas; trump
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To: Catsrus

41 posted on 09/06/2015 8:18:42 AM PDT by Bobalu (See my freep page for political images.)
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To: nhwingut

Perry is copying what Trump said but just using different words all the while bashing Trump’s wall...Now there’s a joke(er)...


42 posted on 09/06/2015 8:22:05 AM PDT by Iscool (HOA member...(heaven is a gated community))
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To: Norm Lenhart

“His supporters owe America an apology. Certainly his FR supporters do. They knew better.”

I certainly was not one of them. Perry’s history of coddling Illegals was something that he OPENLY bragged about. But people gave him full credit for the Texas miracle, and while I do give him some credit (i.e., he held the line as well as possible on Obamacare and Common Core), it was mainly high oil prices that made Texas as strong as it became under him.


43 posted on 09/06/2015 8:25:52 AM PDT by BobL (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my 'profile' page))
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To: Norm Lenhart

As Trump said (as best as I can remember):

“You know what’s hard. Building a 95 story building is HARD. Building a wall is EASY. I’m a builder, I build things.”


44 posted on 09/06/2015 8:27:30 AM PDT by BobL (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my 'profile' page))
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To: nhwingut

Rick Perry = Nothing more than rhetoric.


45 posted on 09/06/2015 8:29:09 AM PDT by Calpublican (Republican Party Now Stands for Nothing!!!!!(Except Conniving))
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To: nhwingut

Rick. Stuff yourself.


46 posted on 09/06/2015 8:32:46 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Ok. We won't call them 'Anchor Babies'. From now on, we shall call them 'Fetal Grappling Hooks'.)
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To: Dr.Deth

“Whether you believe you can, or believe you can’t: you’re right.”

Exactly right. So right, in fact, it needs to be repeated.

The above statement is the reality, Mr. Perry.


47 posted on 09/06/2015 8:40:50 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: HarleyLady27

Oh come on, that “Scandal” is just another lawfare attack by demorats in Texas. You shouldn’t be using that against a Republican no matter who your chosen candidate is. You think they won’t be finding a scandal for Trump when the time comes?


48 posted on 09/06/2015 8:41:10 AM PDT by sgtyork (Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy)
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To: Ditter

Gee, how nice.

Residency trumps citizenship.

Perry would discriminate against citizens from other states in favor of illegal aliens who had already sucked tens of thousands out of the school system, local and federal, only by judicial fiat.

First off, its a violation of Equal Protection. And a violation of the 1996 immigration reform act. And a rejection of popular will - after all, it was the vote of the people in Tyler way back in 1982 that was overturned in Plyler v. Doe.

I called Perrys office the day he signed the bill and told his admin that Texas had just left the Union a second time.

Thats what it means to to turn your back on your own people, the people who paid to put a third rate college jock in the left seat of a C-130 and eventually propel him into a position of power.

Theres a word for that. Starts with a T.


49 posted on 09/06/2015 8:42:05 AM PDT by Regulator
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To: nhwingut
The flak we keep getting on building a wall is so ridiculous. I am not an engineer but I have see many sound abatement walls being built around metropolitan areas - basic I-beams and precast concrete. You drive down or cement in the I-beam and slide in and stack the precast sections of concrete between the beams. Not a particularly complicated building process. We have the Army Corp of Engineers and engineer components in all our military services that can be put to work on constructing the border wall. It clearly is doable except for those who keep dreaming up excuses for ways to facilitate the invasion of illegals.
50 posted on 09/06/2015 8:56:22 AM PDT by iontheball
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To: iontheball

Good post, and with the availability of cheap video equipment and drones, the ability to do video surveillance is now pretty cheap.


51 posted on 09/06/2015 8:59:41 AM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: odawg
“When we build the wall, we can have a conversation” about the illegals already here is weasel words for amnesty. You can book it.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

52 posted on 09/06/2015 9:05:27 AM PDT by itsahoot (55 years a republican-Now Independent. Will write in Sarah Palin, no matter who runs. RIH-GOP)
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To: Ditter
I am surprised you bought that propaganda.

Current law allows any illegal immigrant who has a Texas high school diploma and has been a resident of the state for at least 3 years to pay the same tuition rate as full citizens. Beneficiaries also must sign an affidavit pledging to apply for legal status as soon as they are able.

Pure BS. Just another scam to reward illegal aliens.

53 posted on 09/06/2015 9:08:59 AM PDT by kabar
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To: Jane Long

“We know how to secure the border, Lou. The issue is, we have not had the will in the White House to do that and we haven’t had the will in Congress. Washington is completely corrupt when it comes to this issue.”

And Perry, without even realizing he said it, just admitted he is part of the establishmentistas.


54 posted on 09/06/2015 9:10:58 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Establishmentistas - RINO's that are for Amnesty. (I think it is worthy of FR Lexicon")
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To: nhwingut
2000 miles of border.
55 posted on 09/06/2015 9:17:35 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: TADSLOS

hell...we can put a man on the moon but cant secure our border?.....the technology we could use could keep ants from crossing if we wanted to....how dumb do they think we are??


56 posted on 09/06/2015 9:20:34 AM PDT by M-cubed ( Their hope is to find a way to pick a nominee who, if elected, would actually stay the course the w)
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To: kabar
A woman who works for me crossed the Rio Grande hence the term wetback, got her green card married a man who did the same. They have 3 sons, one has graduated from college, one is in medical school and another is a college student. They are a family of outstanding citizens that any state would be proud to have.

This has been going on my whole life and I am 75 but now it is Rick Perrys fault?

57 posted on 09/06/2015 9:27:54 AM PDT by Ditter ( God Bless Texas!)
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To: nhwingut

We can build a wall - or we can shoot people who attempt to cross illegally - or pick them up and deport them... lots of options. The Wall works for me.


58 posted on 09/06/2015 9:39:02 AM PDT by GOPJ (Immigration, World Poverty and Gumballs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPjzfGChGlE)
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To: nhwingut

No!

We want a WALL like the Israelis have here: https://electronicintifada.net/content/it-fence-it-wall-no-its-separation-barrier/4715

We want a WALL!

We want this illegal immigration problem SOLVED! FIXED! DONE! CHECKED OFF THE LIST, END,FINISHED! This has been going on long enough! Since 1986 when Reagan signed the amnesty bill, and you mofos were suppose to build a wall and end it then! Get it buttwads?


59 posted on 09/06/2015 9:42:29 AM PDT by Lopeover (2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States)
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To: HarleyLady27

Didn’t congress pass a BORDER FENCE BILL? Where did that money go?

Talk talk talk is all they ever do.


60 posted on 09/06/2015 9:43:41 AM PDT by Chainsawj (I don't wanna be buried............................................in a pet cemetery.)
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