Greg Abbott Backs Immigrant School Policy That Helped Turn California Blue
In 2001, then-Governor Rick Perry, a Republican, signed what was known as the Texas DREAM Act, providing in-state tuition rates to young undocumented students as long as they were state residents for three years, graduated from a Texas high school, and promised to apply for permanent residency.
Two decades later, immigration politics in Texas have been completely transformed. Governor Greg Abbott is now calling for the Supreme Court to strike down the 1982 Plyler v. Doe ruling that forces states to pay for the education of undocumented children.
Speaking on a conservative radio show, Abbott...