Express-News
AUSTIN, Texas -- Gov. Rick Perry won re-election with a focus on border security, but Wednesday he emphasized support for a guest worker program for undocumented immigrants and said a fence along the border with Mexico is a "preposterous" idea.
Perry also said proposed legislation designed to end birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants is divisive.
"Any of those types of legislation that create divisions are bad," Perry said. "We need to look at ways to be bringing people together rather than driving wedges between them."
The author of the legislation — state Rep. Leo Berman, R-Tyler — said Perry's comments disappointed him.
Posted by tyne at December 7, 2006