Texas Monthly BurkaBlog
"Perry was right the first time: “The law turns law enforcement officers into immigration officials by requiring them to determine immigration status during any lawful contact with a suspected alien, taking them away from their existing law enforcement duties, which are critical to keeping citizens safe.”
"So, Perry was indeed for sanctuary policies (including for state troopers) before he was against them. Apparently he now believes that taking law enforcement officers away from their existing duties does not pose a danger to citizens.
"Perry’s designation of two sideshow issues as “emergency” legislation, when lawmakers should be spending every possible moment on the state’s budget crisis, is a continuation of his campaign tactics, which were to do everything possible to deflect voters’ attention from his mediocre record in Texas by throwing them red meat. He knows that the red-meat strategy works every time, because the suckers in the media and the Legislature. who have no respect for him will go crazy and rant about his irresponsibility and lack of concern for the “real” issues. And he just laughs at us for our impotence. The question we should all be asking is: Can Texas survive without eminent domain reform?"
See also, Texas Tribune by Elise Hu
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