Perry Reaffirms Support for Texas DREAM Act
By Bryan Llenas
Published July 26, 2011


Texas Governor and potential 2012 Presidential nominee Rick Perry still supports his state's DREAM Act ten years after it was passed despite strong Republican opposition - but he maintains he does not support the act at the federal level.

In an interview with the New Hampshire Union Leader, Perry reiterated his long-standing support for his state's bipartisan passing of the 2001 DREAM Act.

“To punish these young Texans for their parents' actions is not what America has always been about,â€