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 he'd handle the illegal immigration issue if he becomes President. 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.
1. You supported the Texas version of the DREAM ACT which incidentally, was very popular in your state. It passed 27-3 in the Senate and 130-2 in the House. However, you would not support the DREAM ACT nationally if you became President of the United States. Why is that?
The federal DREAM Act is an amnesty bill, and I strongly oppose amnesty. The Texas educational residency bill was vastly different.
2. In the last debate, you said, “If you say that we should not educate children who have come into our state for no other reason than they’ve been brought there by no fault of their own, I don’t think you have a heart.” A lot of conservatives oppose the DREAM ACT nationally because they believe it incentivizes illegal aliens to bring their children to this country and they felt that was a slap at them. Can you further clarify what you meant by that comment?
I too oppose the federal DREAM Act and will oppose it as President. Because the federal government has failed to secure the border, states have had to act
3. Now you worked to outlaw sanctuary cities in Texas. Tell us why that is.
I called for abolishing sanctuary cities in my last State of the State address, and made it an emergency item for the Legislature.
4. You signed a bill preventing illegal immigrants from receiving drivers’ licenses. Why did you do that?
I signed that bill because getting a driver’s license is a privilege, not a right. It just doesn’t make sense to me to extend that privilege to individuals who are here illegally.
Additionally, I vetoed a bill that would have allowed the use of a matricula consular, which is an ID card used by the Mexican government, to get a driver’s license in Texas.
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