All Half-True statements involving Bill White

Says that under Gov. Rick Perry, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers have had "standing orders" not to inquire into the immigration status of people unless they're under arrest.

Says Rick Perry's proposal on driver licenses and high school dropouts has been state law since 1989.

“In Rick Perry’s Texas, we import nurses ... from other countries.”

Says he cut 'tax rates five times'

"Last week the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE), led by Rick Perry's appointee, voted to remove Thomas Jefferson from social studies textbook standards. That's right. Thomas Jefferson... was deleted from a list of historical figures who inspired political change."

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