http://blogs.chron.com/texaspolitics/archives/2010/10/perrywhite_trad.htmlDemocrat Bill White struck back at a new campaign ad by GOP Gov. Rick Perry that features the widow of a Houston police officer killed by an immigrant who was in the country illegally. (video posted on link)
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White says Perry is "exploiting shamelessly the grief of a widow" to hide his "sorry record" on securing the border.
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White's Press release:
AUSTIN - Rick Perry, ignorant of public safety and out of touch with law enforcement, cleaned the records of convicted sex offenders who were deported from the United States and allowed deported criminals to keep valid drivers licenses.
"For 10 years, Perry has failed law enforcement, failed to secure the border. Criminals don't parachute into cities, they come over that border Perry only visits during election season. He's too busy looking out for himself to pay attention to what matters for public safety," said White.
"Rick Perry cleaned the records of thousands of convicted sex offenders who were deported and kept this policy until we confronted him about it," said White. "Perry even let deported criminals keep valid drivers licenses."
"Because of Perry's failure to secure the border, local police spend their time arresting illegal immigrants who commit crimes every day, as they did when I was Houston's mayor," said White.
The Crime Victims Office of Houston Mayor Bill White confronted Rick Perry's Department of Public Safety about why it had a policy of dropping sex offenders from the sex offender registry once deported.
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Perry must be desperate. Has anyone else seen this ad?