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Substant|at|on document: 1exans for Dan atr|ck ad "Secure the 8order"


Vo|ceover: "Dewhurst a||owed the expans|on of |n-state tu|t|on for |||ega| |mm|grants."
Dewhurst passed an expans|on of |n-state tu|t|on |n 200S. uewhursL allowed Lhe
SenaLe Lo pass SenaLe 8lll 1328 (79-8). 1hls blll expanded Lhe ln-sLaLe LulLlon program
by changlng Lhe resldency deflnlLlons. 1he blll allowed resldency Lo be deLermlned by
Lhe sLudenL's sLaLus, raLher Lhan Lhelr parenLs' sLaLus. (!"#$% !'()*+", 10/23/2011)

Vo|ceover: "Stap|es voted to g|ve |||ega| |mm|grants |n-state tu|t|on, dr|ver ||censes and
hea|thcare. "
Stap|es supported the |n-state tu|t|on b||| as a state senator. SLaples supporLed Pouse
8lll 1403 (77-8) whlch granLed ln-sLaLe LulLlon Lo Lhe chlldren of lllegal lmmlgranLs
(,-.., 02/23/2013). CpponenLs of Lhe blll sald lL would Lurn a bllnd eye Lo lndlvlduals
llvlng ln Lhe u.S. lllegally. (Pouse 8esearch CrganlzaLlon, Pouse 8lll 1403 8lll Analysls).
Stap|es voted to g|ve dr|ver ||censes to |||ega| a||ens. ln 2001, 1odd SLaples voLed for
Pouse 8lll 396 (77-8), whlch allowed lllegal lmmlgranLs Lo presenL a forelgn blrLh
cerLlflcaLe or ldenLlLy card ln order Lo recelve a 1exas drlver's llcense. 1he blll was
veLoed by Cov. erry (!aneL LllloLL, erry wlelds power Lo block lmmlgranL, healLh care
bllls," /0*%10+ 23'0+(45", 06/18/2001).
Stap|es voted to prov|de |||ega| |mm|grants w|th taxpayer funded hea|thcare. ln 2003,
1odd SLaples voLed for SenaLe 8lll 309 (78-8) auLhorlzlng hosplLals Lo provlde free or
dlscounLed non-emergency care for lllegal lmmlgranLs uslng local Laxpayer funds (Clay
8oblson, SenaLe approves care for lllegal lmmlgranLs," /0*%10+ 23'0+(45", 3/6/2003).
(78
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LeglslaLure, SenaLe !ournal, p. 1331).

Vo|ceover: "atterson support amnesty"
atterson supports g|v|ng |ega| status to |||ega| |mm|grants. ln an lnLervlew wlLh Lhe 65
7$%0 !(8"%, aLLerson sLaLed supporL for glvlng lllegal lmmlgranLs some form of legal
sLaLus so Lhey would be granLed ln-sLaLe LulLlon as a legal resldenL:
C: Cov. 8lck erry soughL Lo make LhaL argumenL wlLh Lhe 1exas uream AcL,
whlch granLs ln-sLaLe LulLlon Lo quallfylng undocumenLed lmmlgranLs aL 1exas
colleges and unlverslLles. WhaL ls your poslLlon on Lhe 1exas uream AcL?
A: l don'L supporL Lhe ldea of saylng, "We're golng Lo lgnore Lhe law and leL you
do LhaL." l supporL Lhe ldea of flxlng Lhelr sLaLus as opposed Lo Lrylng Lo [usL
sweep Lhe sLaLus under Lhe rug. l would noL supporL an ln-sLaLe LulLlon blll for
lllegals. l would supporL a meLhod of provldlng Lhem a lawful sLaLus where ln-
sLaLe LulLlon for lllegals wouldn'L be a problem. We're 8and-Aldlng. (65 7$%0
!(8"%, 02/07/2013).
And durlng Lhe lorL 8end Chamber lorum on 2/11/14, !erry aLLerson sald lL would be
foollsh noL Lo conslder amnesLy."