Rick Perry defends once again his signing of a bill to allow Texas in-state tuition to some illegal immigrants, an issue Mitt Romney sought to highlight (without naming Perry) in a speech before a Hispanic group in Florida on Friday, saying, "I don't believe these individuals should be punished for a decision their parents made through no fault of their own."

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"There are places along the border that strategic fencing worked, particularly in the metropolitan areas," Perry said. "The idea that we're going to build a wall from El Paso to Brownsville doesn't make sense 'cause the fact of the matter is you know, number one, you'd never get it built, and it'd cost billions of dollars ... by the time you go from Tijuana to Brownsville." Perry said that he does support putting "boots on the ground" and using "aviation assets" (i.e. aerial drones) to secure the border.

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Perry underscores border fence opposition
By MAGGIE HABERMAN
September 2, 2011


Perry underscores border fence opposition


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