Believe this or not, but Texas Gov. Rick Perry actually has put forward a constructive idea for President Obama.

Come to the Texas border with Mexico when you visit the state soon, Mr. President, and see for yourself what this immigration hubbub is all about.

Not a bad idea, governor.

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/rick-perry-obama-come-to-the-border-108513.html?hp=l3

Perry made the suggestion on TV and said that if the president doesn’t visit the border region while he’s here to raise money then he doesn’t really care about the immigration crisis that’s erupted in several border states.

I’m one who doesn’t doubt Obama’s sincerity when he talks about the border crisis. It erupted when thousands of young illegal immigrants came to border states through Mexico; they hail generally from Central American nations, such as Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua. Many of them are children. Many of them have been caught up in human trafficking rings.

Mexico has been quite the poor neighbor in allowing these young people free transit through that country and into the United States.

Let’s suppose the president takes the governor up on his suggestion. My sincere hope is that the two men can meet privately and talk constructively to each other about how the state and the federal government can work together — for a change — on solving this pressing situation.

One more thought: If the president comes, governor, please avoid the finger-in-the-face stunt that your colleague over in Arizona pulled on the president.