Immigration Facts
It has been reported that Mike Huckabee supported benefits for illegals immigrants while he was Governor of Arkansas.
Governor Huckabee never supported benefits for illegal immigrants. In Arkansas, illegal immigrants do not receive welfare benefits or food stamps. Governor Huckabee has always, and will always be supportive of the laws and regulations of the country.
It has also been said that Mike Huckabee was in favor of providing college scholarships for illegal immigrants while he was Governor.
The governor only supported the measure that applied to those who met the academic qualifications and applied for legal citizenship. The measure didn't pass. Governor Huckabee stressed that any student would simply be treated as any other graduate of an Arkansas High School, and not given any special consideration.
Critics say that Governor Huckabee's motives behind opening a Mexican consulate office in Little Rock was to court illegals to come work in Arkansas.
The Mexican consulate provided Arkansas businesses with access to Mexico and opportunities to expand their markets, and would help further ensure that immigrants from Mexico are legal and better able to secure legal documentation. At the same time, the office would open up opportunities for Mexican investors to invest money with Arkansas partners, which would help create more jobs in the state.
Source: Huckabee website, Truth Squad: Immigration Facts, November 02, 2007
I can print anything I want on a website, but that doesn’t make it true.
Endlessly quoting this man’s web hype shows that you have never researched what the man actually did and said while in office.
Again, all very nice but, what is his stand on murdering rapists being granted pardons?
Sooo...the MSM is getting concerned Rudy will tank..and are now backing a “conservative”.....
That is nothing but spin from the Huckabee camp.
Mexican consul Says Immigration Law Worries hispanic Community
LITTLE ROCK (AP) June 2007 -- A sweeping Oklahoma law denying benefits and jobs to illegal immigrants raises concerns among the Hispanic community around the region, the region's Mexican consul said Thursday.
Consul Andres Chao said those concerns come as police agencies in northwest Arkansas prepare to send officers to federal immigration training. However, as Arkansas' cost of living remains low, the state and surrounding area will draw immigrants wanting to save money to send home to their families, he said.
"The Hispanic community is worried about this new law," Chao said in an interview with The Associated Press. "They are working together to try to convince (them) that this new law is not perfect. They are doing the jobs over there and they insist there are other options."
The Oklahoma law, signed by Gov. Brad Henry in May, targets businesses knowingly employing illegal immigrants and limits driver's licenses and state benefits to those who prove they are citizens or legal immigrants. The law allows for illegal immigrants to receive emergency medical care.
Chao said lawyers working with immigrants groups planned to challenge the law on constitutional grounds. He said the consulate, based in Little Rock, would work to protect the human and labor rights of Mexican immigrants, without mentioning how state laws should treat them.
Some Arkansas legislators this week suggested that stricter laws in Oklahoma and Tennessee would cause more illegal immigrants to move to Arkansas. Chao said immigrants would continue to come to Arkansas, home to one of the nation's fastest growing Hispanic populations. However, he said it would be different than traditional immigration.
"Immigration is not at this moment from Mexico to Arkansas," Chao said. "It's also inside of the United States. You have people moving from different states. ... It depends first of all what is the condition of the state, if they need construction or the skills or whatever. Also, in this particular area, you can find a better way of life."
Census estimates show Arkansas has about 144,000. Other studies conclude half of the state's immigrant population lives there illegal.
Higher wages and low costs for food also drive state-to-state immigration, Chao said. That extra money often finds it way back to families still living in Mexico, which estimated receiving $23.1 billion in remittances from the U.S. in 2006.
Little Rock's consulate, which opened in April, has seen the number of Mexicans served rise from 50 daily to about 85, many seeking passports or matricular consular identification cards. Chao said he expects that demand to continue, as it serves a community of Mexican immigrants spread through Arkansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Tennessee.
Chao didn't dispute a recent survey by Arkansas state agencies claiming the state spends about $170 million a year to educate, imprison and provide other services to both legal and illegal immigrants. He stressed the state also should weigh the benefits provided by the immigrant work force.
The Oklahoma law comes as police in northwest Arkansas will begin having officers checking the immigration status of inmates and report illegal immigrants for possible deportation. Chao said his staffers would hold a "mobile consulate" in northwest Arkansas in September to allow immigrants there to file for identification cards and seek other services.
"At that moment, I'm going to feel how the situation is," he said.