Stay the Course, Rick Perry
No sooner had the administration announced that the Department of Homeland Security would, under pressure from the left, review 300,000 deportation cases in the queue to see if any of those people should remain in the United States than Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced at a Washington breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor that — even with the changes — the administration would maintain a “very robust” deportation policy.
How did this get so confusing?
Let’s start at the beginning. Obama is sworn in as president but must immediately contend with a segment of the American people who believes he is foreign-born and thus naturally sympathetic to foreigners. Determined to prove them wrong, Obama appoints Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano — an immigration hardliner who once declared a “state of emergency” along the U.S-Mexico border — as Homeland Security secretary. Napolitano proceeds to deport 1 million illegal immigrants by bending the rules, roping local police into the Arizona-style enforcement of immigration law through the Secure Communities program, and — according to a report by the National Immigration Law Center — allegedly violating the due process rights of apprehended immigrants.
Activists on the Left catch wind of this and begin to stage public protests; Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-IL, an outspoken immigration reform advocate, is twice arrested outside the White House. The administration responds by promising to review active deportation cases, while not saying anything about how future cases will be handled. Then, while the activists are still celebrating, Napolitano throws cold water on any hopes that it is some sort of dramatic sea change by promising to maintain a “very robust” deportation policy.
All of this confusion on the Left creates an opportunity on the Right. As damaged as the GOP brand is with Latinos, it can be repaired — but only if Republicans put forward candidates who do something the Obama administration has had trouble doing with the immigration issue: deal with it honestly.
Right now, there is only one Republican running for president who is doing that.
Stay the course, Rick Perry. The future of your party depends on it.
Another absolutely ludicrous piece by this author!
Tell you what. Build the fence, rid Texas of the 18,000 active Mexican cartel members, and stop giving children of illegal parents special in-state tuition rates that children born of US citizens out of state help subsidize.
¿Comprendéis
Our federal laws are a mess because Ted Kennedy insisted that we leave out a guest worker program. He said it would create a “permanent underclass,” mainly because he was incapable of imagining anybody coming to this country and not wanting to become a citizen. That, or he accommodated the unions.
We need a guest worker program.
We do not need a fence except in urbanized areas. We have a natural border that is very lightly populated and forbidding. If we build a fence, we will also build roads and eventually, towns to support it. That is, we will end up making the entire border EASIER TO CROSS! In some locations, building a fence would have the opposite of the desired effect.
The foundation for today’s illegal immigration was laid in the 80′s with the first amnesty. Before the first amnesty for illegals happened, immigration raids were an everyday event and people, illegals, and employers, dealt with it. The raids were an attempt to stem the tide or invasion. (choose your own term)
The first amnesty gave a firm and fairly safe anchorage to today’s illegals.
Nowadays, in border states, hispanics with Latin-American connections are significant voting blocs. It may sound good in some states to say “build a fence, build a ‘Great Wall of Mexico’, round up all illegals, and send them all back to whence they came”, but in Texas the subject must be approached with more tact. So it is that what worked for Perry in Texas isn’t working so well elsewhere. Perry’s strategy should be to throw the question back to his opponents and then explain why their answers won’t work.
When Navarrete – who has written a book called “A darker shade of Crimson” comes out for Perry you have to wonder if he is trying to sabotage the candidate or just demonstrating more of his extreme race/ethnicity identification thinking. Its probably the latter. Elite University trained minorities are now – unhappily – just like the blacks. They ONLY see COLOR and RACE.Color blind is for everyone else.
The idea that any Republican should help the cause of “illegals” is a stupid political strategy. Yes, some people will be greatful for the “honesty” etc… but unless you are ready to go all of the way and give these people the goodies that the race hustling Democrats are committed to, you are not going to garner any loyalty. Stupid. The base is right on this.
Ann Coulter was prophetic a few months ago when she said that Perry would not measure up. Here is more proof – a Hispanic race hustler is all in for him.
Don’t go home mad, Ruben, just go.
What value does an essay like this one by Mr. Navarrette add to this site and to the discussion about illegal immigration?
If there is any reasonable argument supporting how we got here and why it is good to keep going the way we have so far, this article surely is not it.
This essay is the equivalent of banging your shoe on the table.
Tiresome drivel, it is.
Not only is Perry wrong on immigration, he is rewarding criminals with a state paid education. All to garner the Hispanic vote. The offspring of criminals who are minors are under the responsibility of their parents. Consider any criminal activity by the ‘team’ (parents and children) as a joint effort. No, I am not heartless. The child deported can only blame his/her team leader.
The solution is ready and waiting. Enforce the existing immigration laws. Perry seems uninterested in doing this. Sheriff Arpaio is doing his best to keep his jurisdiction ‘clean’.
RULE OF LAW: The rule of law is a legal maxim stating that no person is above the law, that no one can be punished by the state except for a breach of the law, and that no one can be convicted of breaching the law except in the manner set forth by the law itself. The rule of law stands in contrast to the idea that the leader is above the law, a feature of Roman law, Nazi law, and certain other legal systems. [from Wikipedia]
Not bothering to waste the time to read another article by the author, I’m forced to agree with the title. Surrender is, indeed, one way of dealing with the invasion.
Oh, and the “immigration debate” is really an ILLEGAL ALIEN debate.
“Democrats talk soft (to please Hispanics who want reform) and act tough (to please unions who want to get rid of the competition of foreign workers)”
You premise is wrong, at least when it comes to unions like the SEIU, UNITE HERE, and UFCW. They are recruiting like mad in the immigrant community and really don’t care whether they are illegal or not as long as they can pay the dues.
The last time I walked through a union rally I noticed English was not the sole language spoken. While there’s a few union workers who have been deported, my guess is that union shops are primarily safe under Obama’s watch.
Speaking of the rule of law. Thhis is what I would like to see incorporatded into our immigration laws.
1. End “right to soil” immediately
2. No public benefits for any non – citizens. Period
3. Impossibility of citizenship for anyone caught here illegally – including overstaying a visa. You break the rules and you can never be a citizen.
We need to reverse the trend – pushed by the globalist elites – to destroy the bonds of patriotism by devaluing the idea (privelages) of belonging to a nation and committing to the non-economic aspects of life there.
Meanwhile in Massachusetts another illegal alien slashes a woman to death. He has had prior contact with the law, but his status was never queried because of our sanctuary state policies. Talk about not having a heart.
Perry had already lost me with the in-state tuition for illegals. But if Reuben Navarrette is for him I would be against him sight unseen just on principle. Navarette is like islam – no territory is enough for these people. Central and South America is not enough – they want all of North America (including Canada) as well. We are in a war and we should act like it.
The article is opinion and lacks facts. But, I am stunned by the ignorance of so many of the realities of illegal ‘immigration’ in the USA. If anyone thinks that Perry is ‘soft on illegals’ – they need to dig their head out of the sand. He isn’t. But, there is a serious governmental problem in dealing with illegals in the USA.
THINK. The borders and immigration are the responsibility of and only of, the federal govt. Our past and certainly current govt have REFUSED to protect the borders, and REFUSED to deport illegals. Got that? That means that the whole mess has been fobbed off to the States. THINK. The States can’t stop them coming in, though they try with their own inadequate patrols and they can’t deport them. Legally. Got that?
1) The border. That is the responsibility of the federal govt, and, under Obama, it refuses to stop illegals coming in and refuses to deport them. Therefore, what is a state to do – realistically?
A fence is constructive in some terrain in other states but not in Texas, where most of the border is the Rio Grande river and other parts are canyons. So, the realistic solution is, as Perry said – ‘boots on the ground’, satellite surveillance etc. But the federal govt won’t provide this or provide the funds for it. OK? Perry has increased his own budget for this but it’s not enough.
Therefore – Texas has a huge illegal population. Remember, it can’t deport them, and it, itself, doesn’t have the funds or legal authority to keep them out.
2) Therefore, Texas had to make some hard choices. It can’t deport the students, who were brought here by their parents. They are already in Texas schools.
In 1975, Texas passed a law REFUSING to educate the children of aliens with state tax dollars. Got that? REFUSED.
Then, began the many court cases, and finally, the US Supreme Court, using the 14th amendment, in 1982 required that public schools educate any and all, regardless of citizenship,and declared that prohibiting state funds being used to educate ‘illegals’ was unconstitutional. So, both in pre-college and college situations, these decisions are being made, not by one person (eg, the Governor) but by the courts and the legislatures.
The courts have declared that ALL STATES must provide education from K-12 to anyone, legal and illegal. OK?
3) The Texas higher education act deals with a real problem. The state must legally educate them until high school graduation and then, it must prevent the emergence of an economic underclass, proscribed from higher education and thus, participation in a robust economy and thus, confined to a criminal economy. How does it do this?
Remember, it can’t deport these students. And, it absolutely must prevent an economic and educational underclass. So, it must allow education and a path to citizenship. So, the Texas legislature in 2001 passed its in-state law, passed by all but 4 members of the Texas legislature – and thus, immune to any gubnatorial veto. The TEXAS LEGISLATURE passed it almost UNANIMOUSLY!!!
“To qualify, the student must have lived in the state for at least three years before graduating from a Texas high school or receiving a high school equivalency diploma in Texas. The student also must have lived for at least part of that time with a parent or legal guardian and could not have an established residence outside of Texas. In addition, such students were required to sign an affidavit stating that they would apply for permanent residency as soon as they are eligible to do so.”
Oh – and out-of-state kids can get this same in-state fee if they’ve lived in-state for a year. Not three years. One year.
That is, the ‘illegal’ applicant must pay tuition; the same rate as other in-state students…and..apply for permanent residency. That is vital: apply for permanent residency.
3) This seems to me to be a realistic three- point approach to a real problem. No ideological approach can deal with this situation – a situation where: illegals exist, the federal govt will neither prevent their entrance nor deport them…and therefore, what are you to do????
“Several states — Texas, California, New York, Utah, Illinois, Washington, Nebraska, New Mexico, Maryland (community colleges), Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Kansas — have passed state laws providing in-state tuition benefits to illegal aliens who have attended high school in the state for three or more years. Similar legislation is pending in Florida, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. (Connecticut also passed such a law, but the governor vetoed it.) The Nevada system of higher education does not consider immigration status for in-state tuition, but does require it for a state-sponsored scholarship.”
Other states have done the same!
4) Texas does not have income taxes, so the state support of these educational institutions comes from the various other taxes, such as property taxes (which would be part of the rent), sales taxes etc.
I think that realism trumps ideology any day, anywhere. We already have an ideologue in the White House and the results are disastrous; we need realists to face the real world.
A nice essay explaining why folks should just surrender and do nothing to change bad laws and reverse bad court decisions. (BTW, can you cite the decisions or do we just have to take your word for it?)
No thanks.
This state of affairs took decades to create and we will need many years to reverse it.
Do you want to reverse these things? After reading your posts I get the feeling you can tolerate letting things move along as they have done.
eman – see my comments:
1) The federal govt (Obama) suing Arizona for its attempt to deal with illegals by apprehending them, in the course of a criminal investigation. I presume you are already aware of this.
2) The 457 US 202 Plylor v.Doe 1982. Supreme Court. “Plyler v. Doe was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States struck down a state statute denying funding for education to illegal aliens and simultaneously struck down a municipal school district’s attempt to charge illegal immigrants an annual $1,000 tuition fee for each illegal alien student to compensate for the lost state funding” {Wikipedia).
3)The Texas Education Act Revisions of 1975 which witheld state funds for schools with illegals is referenced in the above article as well as cited elsewhere.
4)”Beginning in 2002, California, Illinois, Kansas, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma Texas, Utah, and Washington enacted legislation allowing alien students who graduate from state high schools and have two to three years of residency apply and receive in-state tuition at one of their public colleges or universities, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.”
The list of states allowing ‘in-state college tuition fees to resident illegals’ can be found by googling the phrase. More states are considering the same legislation.
You most certainly should not accept my word but do your own research. Just as I did. When I did that research, I was astonished by the mess that had been created FOR THE STATES by the federal refusal to deal with illegals. Essentially, the federal govt has totally abdicated its responsibility for the borders and for immigration – and then, given the States NO POWERS to do anything about it. No powers. Can’t stop them coming in, can’t deport them.
Instead, its federal court has ruled that the States MUST educate them, and MUST provide health care in hospitals…and even, doesn’t stop people from employing them, because it’s ‘discriminatory’ to check for citizenship!
So- what are the States to do with such a morass? Their primary duty is to prevent a huge criminal underclass…people who are enabled to come in, not deported, are legally entitled to education and health care… well, they must somehow try to assimilate them. Do you have any other suggestions?
And by the way, of course I’m against illegal ‘immigration’!! But I’m not an idealogue; I’m a realist. Who cares that I’m against illegal immigration??
The realistic FACTS are that the Federal govt (and Supreme Court) have legally created this situation – where the States can’t stop the illegals coming in, can’t deport them once they are here, and must educate them from K-12, and must keep them healthy in hospitals…and..finally, to protect their own citizens, must prevent the emergence of an economic underclass.
I’m a realist! I can be as ideological as I please – and those legal realities, and the abrogation of the federal govt…still exist. So – I can speak out against the federal govt, and insist on electing an anti-illegal POTUS, but, at the moment, REALITY IS STRONGER THAN IDEOLOGY…and must be confronted.
I enjoy your posts! People need to wake up and realize that a lot of the vitriolic rhetoric is coming from those with a white nationalist agenda. People need to look up The John Tanton Network and see for themselves how they are being manipulated.
http://www.ferris.edu/isar/tanton/tanton.htm
Realist = surrender
Please put your wife and daughter in the potato sack because they (islam) are next and coming over that same border.
@lolly “Please put your wife and daughter in the potato sack because they (islam) are next and coming over that same border.”
I live in Denver, and about 5 yrs. ago my husband — a *contractor* for the USGS — and I hosted an in-our-home-dinner for 6 Afghanis (& several friends) who’d been here the previous year, learning about oil, its distributuion & recovery. Since we knew all but one of the folks from the prev. yr., and we had a week in which to entertain them, one aftrn. we went to a D.U. *WOMENS’* basketball game, and then out to our fav. pizza place. The waiter just assumed because our guests were darker skinned than we, they spoke Spanish; he tried to comm. w/them in a language they’d never heard. They were distressed to say the least, but since my darlin’ speaks fluent Spanish, he told the waiter where they were from in a way that embarrassed the waiter but left our friends’ pride intact (w/o a clue what’d been said).
BUT: this should be a wake-up call to everyone in the USA, esp. the service industries. (ruh-roh, Rooby-roo — can you say mistaken identity?) Not everyone who is “darker” than you is simply here illegally to make a living. We SERIOUSLY need to identify and track everyone who comes into this country!
ETAB: As much as it pains me, I agree with you. Texas as well as other states have to confront this issue simply because the Federal Government has washed its hands of the immigration issue and has begun to take advantage of the confusion and frustration that has resulted.
I think that anyone that really thinks through the issue of illegal students would understand that the sins of the parents shouldn’t be visited on the children. And what is the alternative? Deny them an opportunity to contribute to this country?
And by the way, I am STRONGLY against open borders and unhindered illegal immigration. I do think that the amnesty that Reagan provided the immigrants in 1986/87 led to the disastrous situation today.
Republicans talk tough (to please nativists who want red meat) and act soft (to please employers who want workers);
Strap yourself in, while I blow away this crock pot of bovine stew. First, the “thesis” of this mindless drivel essay is that Rick Perry is “doing the right thing”, but when a Republican does the “right thing”, he is only “acting soft” to curry favor with employers who “want workers”.
First off…keep the border crashers…and we’ll find workers at their skill level in any high school…minus the gangbangers, drug cartels, gun runners, identity thieves and pregnant dropouts, thanks.
Democrats talk soft (to please Hispanics who want reform) and act tough (to please unions who want to get rid of the competition of foreign workers)
Small c communists talk class warfare, ethnic warfare and border crashers are a foil, nothing more, in keeping those flames alive by fanning them. They don’t give a whit about you or anyone else who doesn’t help to “transform” the overthrow of capitalism. The crushing burden placed on this country by having the borders continue to be a sieve for MILLIONS of law breakers…is music to their ears.
And as much as the unions are the Workers Party, gorging on pensions and bloating the government payrolls…even we have to say that “competition of foreign workers” is a crock. OUR citizens need jobs…REAL unemployment is disintegrating families here…who, you know…actually belong here. It is competition when you STEAL an identity, falsify your ability to “compete” for a job…it’s a crime.
It’s no wonder you have this back-and-forth on the Right. Republicans have to strike a delicate balancing act between being tough enough to please those who want to turn back the demographic clock and return America to what it looked like 50 years ago, and yet not so tough that they bite the hand that feeds their campaign coffers at re-election time by stripping big business of its illegal workforce
You know, Ruben…let’s say that this slander didn’t deserve its rightful place in a manure farm. The “demographic clock” of Mexico…what does that look like? Because it seems to me that Republican Party has a lot more diversity and willingness to open its arms than the folks across the border. How many white, European ancestry…say Irish or Scottish folks are in the top echelons of Mexican government? Is an O’Brien the head of state someplace? Got any Italians or Germans on the high court?
When you have as many success stories to tell about how well “typical white folks” are doing in Mexico as America has to tell about how well ANYONE has done here, from ANY background, come back to visit us to lecture us about how to be better at being “inclusive”. In the meantime, buzz off on this slander. It’s beneath contempt and has no basis in fact.
You know, you like to throw stones from your glass house. Does it have any mirrors in there?
When will our clueless amigo Ruben Navarette start being honest about the issue? No sucedera.
…..and return America to what it looked like 50 years ago…..
I’m not interested in what we “looked like” so much as how we act like!
Our allegience should be to this country, our Constitution and laws should be first before any foreign or international law. Retaining customs from the “old contry” are acceptable. We have many social societies of various countries;i.e.
Italian-American club,Cuban-American club…and so on. Last I heard, all these people see themselves as Americans first.
Illegal is just that,ILLEGAL. Allowing this is to open the flood gates to ignoring other laws you do not wish to obey.
Ruben, someday you’ll have to rationalize for me Mexico’s own highly stringent laws against individuals found to be in Mexico illegally.
And Mexico’s own fence along its southern border.
Calderon (and you) don’t seem to have a problem with breaking American law, but watch out anyone who gets caught in Mexico without proper documentation.
If Mexico applied its stringent laws (and cartels their violence) ruthlessly on islamists and potential islamists, that would not be a bad thing and would work to allay security concerns in the U.S. which would in turn smooth things over for Ruben’s wet dream.
I wonder if Mr. Navarette understands the irony of actually writing that first sentence? He seems a master of cognitive dissonance.
I apologize for misspelling your name, Mr. Navarrette.
First, Obama is not tough on illegal immigration and Janet Reno Napolitano is not a hardliner. A hardliner does not support amnesty. She issued a declaration as governor as boob bait for bubbas to cover up her support for illegal immigration. Obama’s deportation numbers have been falling and the original claim of 400k illegal aliens deported was only based on claiming 20,000 from the previous fiscal year. Deportations have been down on a monthly basis since May of this year. FY11 will not be near 400k deportees.
Rick Perry is engaged in his own boob bait for bubbas, while he pushes for another DREAM Act. Perry is no different from Bush or Obama on immigration. Perry claims that any criticism of his immigration policy is racist, just like any criticism of Obama.
It takes a large degree of stupidity to claim that Obama appointed Janet “Butch” Napolitano to DHS for the purpose of “proving” he is not “sympathetic to foreigners.” He appointed Napolitano for the same reason that he appointed most of his cabinet members: she is a leftist dolt who makes him look brilliant by comparison. (Meanwhile, he has his leftist czars doing the heavy socialist lifting for him.)
What the GOP nominee should do: Promise to enforce existing immigration laws; acknowledge that the nation already has a legal “path to citizenship” and does not need another; deport illegal immigrants as soon as they are arrested; do not lift a finger to help people who entered the country illegally – let them stay “in the shadows,” regardless of whether they gave birth to Navarrette.
That Ruben backs Perry is enough for me to know. I am only voting for him if it is a choice between him and Obama. Ruben do you ever get tired of spouting this self-serving nonsense?
A lot of folks miss that Texas is unique as to illegal’s. The state has a very long history of relations that cross our border.
Everyone in Texas pays the same sales tax (with some local differences) and the same variation of property tax and fees.
Texas does not have an income tax and that is key. If we had an income tax and illegal’s were not paying income tax then this free ride argument would be valid.
The sales tax also helps pay for state universities.
A citizen pays the same amount of taxes as say an illegal say age 19-24.
In Dallas County that property tax helps fund the free charity hospital and the junior college system.
This means an illegal is paying via rent to these public services.
If you pay for a service then you should be able to use it.
The courts have ruled this – reason why they go to public schools.
If you have an apartment burning the fire dept. puts out the fire. The renters pay rent which pays the property tax that pays for this service independent of the legality of the residents.
Border control, immigration control, visa control is the responsibility of the feds and they have failed in this area.
Texas has to do the best it can under the circumstances.
Rounding up and deporting 4-6 million folks is not going to happen.
As long as Texas is part of the other 49 states you’re not that “special.” Obey the laws and quit acting like a siv for the rest of the country.
lolly:
What laws is Texas not obeying? This is a key question you might try to answer. In state tuition choices is not a federal law not being obeyed. If it was I guarantee the BO administartion would be all over Texas like a duck on a June bug for compliance. If you believe in state’s rights then the Texas legislature passed a bill that reflected the sentiments of Texas citizens and the governor signed it into law. No one says Texas is “special”. Our current governor is unique in that he has been in office for 10 years and has a track record – warts and flowers – all out there. Many other pols are short timers and their records have been hidden by a lack of nothing done so far. Hard to criticize no activity. Texas has its uniqueness – like we must balance our budget, our budget is for 2 years, our legislature meets every 2 years for 90 days and are not full time state pols. Our only real law is our state constitution that must be amended by voters to reflect real changes. We have a 1,200 mile border with Mexico that is a river, 2 major lakes (Amistad & Falcon), and a huge national park (Big Bend). Many residents are descendants of original Spanish land grant holders whose land interests flowed with the changes in governments – Spain, Mexico, Texas, statehood. Our state Hispanic population is huge and intertwined with legal and illegal roots and past amnesty roots. I don’t like many aspects of the feds ignoring our illegal situation over many years. This is not the fault of Texas. We have to live with it. We are doing our best – but the good news is many folks are coming here for whatever jobs and freedom Texas offers.
So should Herman Cain have a variation of 9-9-9 called 99-9-99 – 99% for business entitites employing illegal labor, 9 % income tax for legal law abiding citizens and 99% sales tax for sanctuary cities or “products in ethnic foods aisle”
9-9-9 has nothing to do with Texas at the state level. State level is state level. If you live in North Dakota the border is not a problem, Native Americans live on their reservations and the population is fairly uniform as to ethnic and religious back ground. Illegals are almost non-existent as are Blacks. But the state has less than a 700,000 in population – Texas is pushing 30 million and a huge percentage are illegal. Texas did not create this situation. DC did. If DC did its job as to the “law” all of this conversation would go away.
Your first two sentences are true. The rest is gibberish. The tax issue is irrelevant. Those people are illegal aliens. They have no civil rights in Texas or anywhere else. Everyone winked at the use of illegal alien workers from the foundation of the Texas Republic and State of Texas, and that was just fine because the workers went home. In 1974 the Border Patrol knew that one millions illegals crossed the border every years and never went back. That means that there are over 40 million illegal aliens sucking up the wealth of the legal citizens of this nation, and it means that America-hating Muslims are crossing right along with the South Americans still streaming in.
What the Texas Legislature did is indefensible from any point of view.
To: lolly
Texas is obeying the law. The current president is not. Texas cannot enforce immigration law or deport illegals. No state can.
Navarette will NEVER stop trying to turn the USA into Mexico.
gonna start referring to navarrette as token.
the token idiot.
the token seditionist.
whatever….
Wretched Reuben has no place on PJM.
After reading his syndicated columns for several years, I no longer read one word of his, and will never do so again.
Maybe some would like to watch a video…Here are some to go along with this topic.
http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/on-the-record/index.html#/v/1187416414001/border-war-not-just-a-texas-problem/?playlist_id=86925 .
This one tells you what the current problems of Texas has further ballooned to…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvW4LgOEJN0>
In short…if the Feds would do their job and quit the flip flopping then maybe the states could stand against the illegal immigration problem…So look hard at one who will stand and tell it like it is while taking a beating and boos for it…STAND TALL GOVERNOR! YOU ARE OUR HOPE TO TURN THIS MESS AROUND!!
It’s the return of the one-trick pony. Anything new here? Mmmmmmm nope, didn’t think so.
As anyone who watched the debates can tell you, Mr Perry is Toast. The man is simply to stupid to be President. Period. next.
call for nation wide sales tax of 1% and use the mo0ney to start deporting
Well written and it seems ignored by those who are looking for the right wing version of Obama. We have had enough of salesmen who promise hope and change but have never gotten their hands dirty or when they did sided up to the people who they call devils now. I have a pretty good idea what a Perry adminisration would look like and I can only guess what the Wall St guy would do beyond making sure his banking friends got their bonuses.
Compare what TX has done vs. CA and the choice becomes clear.
Keep the facts coming !
I was surprised. Navarette said one thing–for the first time in a long time– that made sense. “If the political parties spent half as much time dealing with the immigration issue as they do manipulating it for their own benefit, the country would be far better off.” The rest of what he wrote is pure bulls**t. The federal government could shut both borders in any of a number of ways (my favorite would be to use troops) and deport every illegal alien they could identify. Problem solved!
Navarette has never got over the fact he is hispanic. Oh, what a burden!
Perry is Right on almost everything; but wrong here. That is why Navarette, who is always wrong, supports hime here.
But the game is already lost. The millions of hispanics already in the US, both legal and illegal,reproduce themselves so rapidly and so geometrically, that they will soon outnumber all other ethnic groups. They will, in fact, intercourse us out of our country.
Historically, hispanics have neither managed nor governed effectively. There is no reason,( look at Mexico now), to suppose they will do better in the future. An hispanic electorate spells the demise of the Republic.
The best governed country in the world is Singapore. Check it out.