Rick Perry Blasts Obama Immigration Policy, But Changes Nothing

Brewer Defies Obama While Perry Predicament Heats Up
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FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2012, file photo, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer points during an intense conversation with President Barack Obama after he arrived at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, in Mesa, Ariz. In the summer of 2010, race and politics collided when Arizona Republicans passed an immigration law that critics said would lead to racial profiling of Hispanics. Jose Lozano, vice president of the Massachusetts Association of Minority Law Enforcement Officers, remembers Brewer wagging her finger in the president's face, which he thought was ugly and hadn't seen before. "There's no way that would have ever happened to a white president," Lozano said. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)

ov. Rick Perry blistered the Obama administration's new immigration deferral policy in a letter to state agencies, but a spokeswoman said Monday he has no plans to crack down with an executive order like Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer did.

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