Yeah, this means precious little to me, actually. His stance on tuition for children of illegals, however...
The Texas Republicans wanted control of that. Therefore, one of the toughest pieces of legislation in the USA was passed which was veto proof 4 months after Perry assumed the office of Governor. There are a few states that are tougher but only a few. Legal resident students in Texas do NOT have to meet what illegals do to go to college. IF those kids can become college graduates then being on the government dole is very unlikely.
Texas or any other state wouldn't have this huge problem if the feds did what they were constitutional authorized to do. Feds will not so states have to deal with it on their own, the best way possible.