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08-11-2011, 08:43 PM #1
Rick Perry Immigration Record Blasted By Tom Tancredo, Tea P
Rick Perry Immigration Record Blasted By Tom Tancredo, Tea Party
AP/The Huffington Post Posted: 8/11/11 04:49 PM ET
McALLEN, Texas (AP/The Huffington Post) -- For all of his rock-solid conservative credentials, Texas Gov. Rick Perry may have an Achilles' heel: immigration.
If Perry runs for president -- he is expected to announce his candidacy on Saturday -- he will undoubtedly focus on Texas' relatively healthy economy and its low taxes and his record in creating jobs in the 11 years he's been governor. What he may have to explain on the stump is how undocumented immigrants have contributed to that success, adding as much as $17.7 billion a year to the state gross product and enjoying such benefits as in-state tuition at public universities.
Former Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO), an outspoken critic of undocumented immigration, blasted Perry as weak on undocumented immigration in an op-ed in Politico on Thursday.
[quote]When I ran for president in 2008, I tried to pressure the Republican candidates to take a hard line against illegal immigration. For this, Perry called me a racist.
When he first took office as governor in 2001, Perry went to Mexico and bragged about his law that granted “the children of undocumented workersâ€Join our efforts to Secure America's Borders and End Illegal Immigration by Joining ALIPAC's E-Mail Alerts network (CLICK HERE)
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08-11-2011, 08:49 PM #2Join our efforts to Secure America's Borders and End Illegal Immigration by Joining ALIPAC's E-Mail Alerts network (CLICK HERE)
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