Rick Perry on Jeb Bush's 'Act of Love' Remarks: I Sympathize with Illegals who Break Laws to Help Their Families

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who is being advised by a prominent pro-amnesty ally to Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, said that he understood and sympathized with people who break the law to enter the United States illegally to take care of their families.

Appearing on Your World on Fox News with guest-host Stuart Varney Wednesday, Perry was asked how he felt about former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s “act of love” comments about illegal immigration.

“I have sympathy. I totally understand about people breaking a law to take care of their family,” Perry said, noting that that was especially the case when the United States has, in his opinion, essentially told Mexicans for 40 years, “come on over, its okay, don’t worry about breaking the law.”

Perry, whose poll numbers plummeted during the 2012 GOP presidential race when he said those who opposed in-state tuition for illegal immigrants did not have “a heart,” said that the United States welcomed illegal immigrants for their work and then suddenly tried to send them back in the 2000s because of terrorism and the rise of violent drug cartels.

Perry also said he is seriously thinking about running for president. Jeb Bush, who again pushed for amnesty at a “Davos in the Desert” event on Monday, also said on Wednesday that he was “thinking about running for president.”