http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-iowa-perry-dogged-by-immigration-questions/2011/10/08/gIQALclCWL_story.html
The Republican GOP contender, Rick Perry, ran into several campaign troubles while making appearances in Iowa this past weekend. Many Republican Iowans were concerned over Perry's acknowledgement that while governor, he granted in-state tuition rates to the children of illegal immigrants. Perry responded to this by calling those who opposed his legislation as "heartless", but then later admitted his mistake.
Despite his apology, many voters are still concerned that Perry might not be as adamantly right-wing as he claims to be. However, Perry seems to be paying absolutely no heed to this, and is still standing firmly by his policy. Perry claims that granting in-state tuition to the children of illegal immigrants is creating “taxpayers, not tax-wasters.” Republican voters are not convinced.
I, however, am thrilled not only because Perry is fumbling, but also because I actually agree with Perry on this one. Granting in-state tuition to the children of illegal immigrants is doing exactly what Perry claims it's doing- creating a group of educated, taxpaying, young Americans. It sounds totally cheesy, but so-called "dream students" will actually have the opportunity to receive a college education. And it's not as if Perry is waiving college tuition fees altogether, he's just creating equal opportunities for Americans. Education should be an inherent right for citizens and should be the number one priority for the nation. Already, the United States has fallen behind in the number of educated, intelligent college graduates compared to other nations. We're not regressing to a less-developed country, but educating the population would solve a lot of the nation's problems.
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