Three days before he entered the presidential race, Rick Perry sent a letter asking for $350 million in federal money to reimburse Texas for the cost of jailing illegal immigrants. To the wrong department.Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was asked about Perry’s letter at a roundtable with reporters yesterday. As the former Governor of another border state, she said she got where he was coming from.
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