Right Wing News releases 10 question interview with Rick Perry on illegal immigration.
By John Hawkins
In this interview Rick Perry is asked all the questions on illegal immigration that people have wanted to hear him asked. Over the course of the interview Perry revealed a lot of new information on how hed handle the illegal immigration issue if he becomes President.
Here are just a few excerpts from the Perry interview.
Although he might disagree with this characterization his positions on the issue seem to be well to the right of where many conservatives believe he is on illegal immigration.
-- If Rick Perry becomes President of the United States would that fence on the border be completed in your first term?
I think what caused the hang up was that after it was passed it was amended to give Homeland Security complete discretion on how when and whether the fence ever gets built. Obviously with this president that means it will never be completed.
If Im elected I will direct my Secretary of Homeland Security to expedite construction of strategic fencing along the border especially in high traffic areas where manpower alone is insufficient to do the job.
-- On whether the Obama Administration was right to sue Arizona over their immigration law.
I respect the right of all states to develop their own solutions whether they use the Texas model or the Arizona model. I applaud my fellow governors who are showing leadership on this issue because President Obama certainly has not.
-- On his I dont think you have a heart comment from the last debate.
On the issue of all Texas residents paying in-state tuition I regret the comment from the debate. It was a poor choice of words and it wasnt fair to
those who disagree with the policy.
-- Would you like to get rid of E-Verify and if so what would you replace it with?
I agree that some kind of electronic verification system is needed so we can make sure employers comply with the law not to hire illegal immigrants. E-Verify is a federal government created and run program and as a result there have been a number of problems with it so far.
The Department of Homeland Security estimated the system could fail to identify more than half of all illegal immigrants. But just because it has problems doesnt mean we should throw employee verification out. It means we should make it work. ...So as president Id work to put in place an E-Verify system thats more accurate less burdensome and really delivers the results we need it to.
-- Rick Perry on the Federal DREAM Act.
I too oppose the federal DREAM Act and will oppose it as President.
-- Would you support comprehensive immigration reform?
The debate on immigration reform is meaningless until the federal government secures the border. Theres just no point in passing new immigration laws when we cant even enforce the ones weve got. Once our borders are secure and weve fixed the problem with visa overstays" then we can seriously address our broken immigration system. But step one is to secure that border so we have the ability to enforce the law.
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