After declining to back down from his earlier comments on immigration as recently as this morning, Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) seems to be changing his tune.
In an interview with Newsmax.TV, Perry referred to his remark that anyone who opposed giving tuition breaks to children of illegal immigrants was “heartless” and admitted that he was “probably a bit over-passionate by using that word.”
He went on to defend his position, however, noting “In Texas in 2001 we had 181 members of the legislature—only four voted against this piece of legislation—because it wasn’t about immigration it was about education.”
