Thread: Rick Perry's pro-immigration Texas base

Rick Perry's pro-immigration Texas base
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As Mitt Romney starts to turning to an immigration contrast with Rick Perry, the Texas governor's own supporters are highlighting his stands on that topic that may not wear well with a majority of early-state Republican activists.

POLITICO's Ken Vogel passes along an email sent by Perry contributor Norman Adams, which contained a separate email from Steve Hotze, also a Perry bundler based in Texas. Both emails make donor solicitations that underscore Perry's position helping to kill a bill similar to the Arizona immigration legislation, for instance.

The upshot is that these are not necessarily positions that either primary and caucus voters know about Perry, or which will sit well with them.

As I noted in another post, it's not clear that immigration is the driver of voter interests in presidential primaries that some believe it to be. But it will be interesting to see how Perry tries to keep both his donor base of Texas businessmen, who tend to favor the immigrants who aid the state's economy, and voters happy.

Adams' email, titled "Governor Perry and immigration," is below:

Thank you for signing the checks! You helped Dr. Steve Hotze fulfill his fundraising promise to Governor Perry.

We raised $43,000 of the $205,000 Steve Hotze handed him last night.

In years past I have presented the Governor honorary awards for Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse, for TLR, and for The Justice Foundation. However, it was the latest legislative session that gave Dr. Steve Hotze and me the best opportunity to convince Governor Perry that business owners, the economic engines that drive our economy, are overwhelmingly opposed to Arizona-style legislation. Republican Representatives and Senators, many of them our close friends, filed 108 Arizona-style bills! With the Texas legislature overwhelmingly Republican controlled, most were expected to pass.

With the help of business owners including you, we packed the hearings, we faxed, we phoned, we emailed the right people, and they listened! I was delighted last evening when the Governor looked across at me called my name and did not shoot me! Instead, he grabbed me by both arms, and of course, I grabbed him. I told him, Governor, the Houston Hispanic Chamber just named me an "Honorary Mexican" and I am here to tell you, if you will help us, Steve Hotze and I will lead the charge getting the Hispanic vote! They are Pro Life and Pro Family. They belong in the Republican Party. We must attract the Hispanic vote and together rid this country of the Obama Plague!

So, will the Governor listen? Let's hope and pray he does! If he listens you will have played an important roll!

I have been asked to speak to the C Club on September 20th, and to the Texas Roofers Association on September 21. Both groups want to hear what happened in the Texas Legislature. I hope to inspire them to get involved. Our immediate challenge, in addition to getting Governor Perry elected, is in Washington DC. We have to convince Lamar Smith that deporting illegal immigrants is not a pathway to full employment, but rather it is a pathway to economic disaster!

It should be obvious to you, I am encouraged, and I hope you are!

God bless you, and may He help us help America!

Norman E. Adams

Co-Founder

Texans for Sensible Immigration Policy

And here is Hotze's email:

Dear Norman,

Thank you so much for your investment of $5,000 in Governor Rick Perry's campaign for President and your help getting others to do the same.

You have taken advantage of a great opportunity to restore our nation and return it to its Constitutional foundation.

Because of your support and the other members of our team, we raised over $205,000 in investments for the Perry for President campaign. We were second in the greater Houston area and third in the state.

We are involved in a life and death struggle with the dark forces of socialism and Marxism.

Under the leadership of Rick Perry, free enterprise will once again flourish and conservative and Christian values will be revived.

With God’s help and your support I am confident that we shall be victorious in our efforts!

With much appreciation for your friendship and support, I remain, as always,

Sincerely yours,

Steven F. Hotze, M.D.

President

Conservative Republicans of Texas


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Conservative presidential candidate Rick Perry has liberal stance on immigration

August 16th, 2011 Posted in Immigration News

Texas Governor Rick Perry(R) announced that he would be running in 2012 under the Republican ticket but will his liberal stance on immigration be at odds with his own party.

The strict immigration laws enacted in a number of states by conservative lawmakers have been opposed Governor Perry and he has a track record of passing pro-immigration laws in Texas.

In the state of Texas, Hispanics make up approximately 38 percent of the population. Some are illegal, but others have visas or citizenship, and many employ immigration attorneys to help them attain legal documentation.

Texas was one of the first states to pass their own version of the DREAM Act, which allows children of illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition to the state’s colleges and universities.

Immigration lawyers find it easier to get citizenship for immigrants that have degrees and more desirable skills.
Perry has frankly criticized the e-verify system along with Arizona’s controversial immigration laws. He also opposes border fence in Texas, according to The Washington Post.

Once e-verify is instituted nationwide, immigrants who wish to work in the states must have work visas which an immigration lawyer can easily obtain.
Perry’s open policies toward immigration had allowed him to build strong trade ties with Mexico and help spur economic growth in Texas, while other states saw little or no growth.

The conservative views on legal and illegal immigration are quite different from Perry’s approach and could put him in jeopardy of getting the Republican nomination.



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as I have said ... a Pro Illegal Immigration stance is an AUTO-MATIC BOOT for the Office of POTUS for Many Americans

Rick Perry is a Fraud and is Bamboozling the hell out of the G.O.P.

I will not vote for another Bush; another McCain; another RINO another Fraud .. I am not alone in this thought process

it doesnt matter what the end result is

it aint going to happen

to the Evangelicals / Southern Baptists that have lost their collective minds in endorsing this man - "Good Luck" in your choice to finish destroying this country with another Globalist .. I hope your children survive the onslaught of Illegal Immigration / Jobs outsourcing ... but it doesnt look pretty

under NO circumstance will I vote for this man that the globalists keep throwing out in front of you

I REFUSE to settle for the lesser of two Evils when America deserves the Best of two choices

Originally Posted by AirborneSapper7

as I have said ... a Pro Illegal Immigration stance is an AUTO-MATIC BOOT for the Office of POTUS for Many Americans

AMEN. I would throw away my vote on a third party before voting for Perry. Perry is a sure win for Obama.

AB wrote

I will not vote for another Bush; another McCain; another RINO another Fraud ..

Ditto