Perry defends tuition breaks to illegal immigrants

Perry defends tuition breaks to illegal immigrants Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry said Thursday he will oppose efforts to repeal a law, which he signed six years ago, giving tuition breaks to illegal immigrants attending state universities.
"I'm for leaving the law like it is because I think it serves a good purpose," (like encouraging illegal immigration...)he said. The governor also said he is willing to
consider legislation to expand the death penalty to repeat child molesters, even
if the victim isn't killed, but stopped short of endorsing the proposal.
"Let's have the debate and see how they do it," he said in an interview with
the Houston Chronicle.
Perry said he and the media may have failed to adequately educate the public about the tuition law.
State legislators have filed at least four bills to repeal the measure, which grants lower, in-state tuition to the children of immigrants who have lived in Texas at least three years, have graduated from a Texas high school and plan to become citizens.
Opponents say it is unfair to give the financial break to illegal immigrants when many U.S. citizens who are non-Texas residents have to pay more to attend college here.
"The only way that you can be eligible for that in-state tuition is if you are in the process of getting your citizenship," Perry said. "I think that's been highly overlooked in this debate."

Governor, no sir you are missing the point, you are with this law saying it is alright to enter this country illegally (one crime), attentend public schools without paying taxes to support them (which I see as theft of services) and then get in state tuition as long as you are "in the process of getting your citizenship? come on, wake up you pompus over hair sprayed fool. People can stretch the citizenship process out over the 4 to 6 years that it takes to graduate and then drop the citizenship process and go back to their home country with an education that cost them about 70% less than an honest citizen in of this country or any other student over here on a student visa is able to get.

However, under the law, students only have to promise that they will apply for
citizenship.
State Rep. Debbie Riddle, R-Tomball, sponsor of one of the bills to repeal the law, said she disagrees with Perry.
"What we are doing is grossly unfair to people who are here legally," Riddle said. "It gets down to the question: Are we going to continue rewarding people who cut to the front of the line and are not here legally."
On other immigration-related issues, the governor repeated his vow to seek $100 million to strengthen security along the border and said he opposes legislation to remove citizenship rights from the Texas-born children of immigrants.

That is indeed the question and if the Governor thinks that his stand on immigration and handouts for those that are here illegally will help him get to the White House or the Senate, he is sadly mistaken. It is quite clear that the Governor and his advisors have already forgotten that nearly 65% of the voters in the state voted against him and his policies. He needs to listen to what people are saying and pull his head out of his ass. As it is right not Perry is nothing more than a RINOcrat. And it is obvious that he has no clue what so ever what the population of this state want or are expecting from those in Austin.