Perry Had Interest in Binational Insurance

he Atlanta Journal-Constitution
November 22, 2011 Tuesday
Main Edition

Eric Stirgus; Staff

The term "Obamacare" is used by critics to describe the health care overhaul that President Barack Obama signed into law last year.

And some conservatives derisively use the phrase "Romneycare" to slight Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and the changes he approved to Massachusetts' health care system when he was governor there.

How about "Perrycare"? That's Georgia anti-illegal immigration activist D.A. King's term for what he contends was an effort by Texas governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry to impose a binational health care plan between his state and Mexico. King even has a website dedicated to highlight Perry's stance on immigration issues.

King is one of the most vocal voices in Georgia's ongoing debate over illegal immigration.

"Granting instate tuition to illegals is only a small part of Perry's problematic record," King, president of the Dustin Inman Society, which is opposed to open borders between the United States and Mexico, wrote in a recent op-ed to the Marietta Daily Journal. "We noted that Perry had dismissed any consideration of a state immigration enforcement law such as Arizona, Georgia and other states struggled to put in place; had proposed a binational health insurance program with Mexico (Perrycare?); has expressed his support for legalizing the fugitive illegals who have escaped capture at American borders (it's not amnesty, it's a guest worker plan!); and refused to use the power of his office for any E-Verify legislation in Texas. So what if that state has one of the highest number of illegals in the country?"

How about "Perrycare"? That's Georgia anti-illegal immigration activist D.A. King's term for what he contends was an effort by Texas governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry to impose a binational health care plan between his state and Mexico. King even has a website dedicated to highlight Perry's stance on immigration issues.

King is one of the most vocal voices in Georgia's ongoing debate over illegal immigration.

"Granting instate tuition to illegals is only a small part of Perry's problematic record," King, president of the Dustin Inman Society, which is opposed to open borders between the United States and Mexico, wrote in a recent op-ed to the Marietta Daily Journal. "We noted that Perry had dismissed any consideration of a state immigration enforcement law such as Arizona, Georgia and other states struggled to put in place; had proposed a binational health insurance program with Mexico (Perrycare?); has expressed his support for legalizing the fugitive illegals who have escaped capture at American borders (it's not amnesty, it's a guest worker plan!); and refused to use the power of his office for any E-Verify legislation in Texas. So what if that state has one of the highest number of illegals in the country?"

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