limited government, perry took matters into his own hands last year in a battle to secure the texas border. i deployed the national guard after i stood on the ramp in dallas, texas and looked the president of the united states in the eye and said mr. president, if you won t secure the border, texas will. that s exactly what we did. while opposing the federal dream act, perry support soed in-state college tuition to children of illegal immigrants. finally, florida senator marco rubio, son of cuban immigrants. he rose to become the youngest ever state house speaker. he calls for stronger hand at confronting iran, north korea and russia. he also criticized the white house recent outreach to cuba. he supports traditional marriage and cosponsored a bill banning abortion after 20 weeks.
and in colorado, minnesota, oregon and new jersey are the latest states to offer, like california, in-state college tuition to those here illegally. this comes as there will be pressure in washington on speaker john boehner to pass immigration reform this year. we are going to try to do this in a common sense, step by step approach. reporter: some experts predict the california case will hamper that effort. what is really does is reinforce the idea that illegality is rampant. so i would say it undermines the argument for amnesty or politically it harms the argument for amnesty because it is yet another example of impunity for illegal immigrants. reporter: bob good zed while said while most agree we need to reform immigration, california has enacted a statute to circumvent laws.