If I lived in Alabama and had the toughest set of immigration laws on the books in the country I would feel a lot freer to vote for Perry. His record of supporting “comprehensive immigration reform” in 06’ along with Swhartz,Napolitano and Richardson gives one the impression he is a Democrat.
Therein lies the problem. It’s the federal government that writes immigration laws, not the states. And Alabama isn’t a border state. Perry focuses on what he can focus on, border security, and gets crucified for it. It’s ridiculous. Texas has 64% of the border and receives only 20% of the border security funding. Seems kind of like a setup, don’t you think? Of course he’s for “comprehensive immigration reform.” Something’s got to give. And like he says (repeatedly), no rational discussion on immigration reform can be had until we SECURE OUR BORDERS.