Posted on 12/17/2009 7:01:05 AM PST by La Lydia
As governor, how do you deal with them? Do you think they all should be deported?
There is no way that in the US we would roundup every illegal immigrant -there are about 12 million of the illegal immigrants- not only economically is that just an impossibility but that's not a humane way anyway to deal with the issue that we face with illegal immigration.
Do you then favor an amnesty for the 12 or 13 million undocumented immigrants?
No, I do not. I do not. Not total amnesty. You know, people have got to follow the rules. They've got to follow the bar, and we have got to make sure that there is equal opportunity and those who are here legally should be first in line for services being provided and those opportunities that this great country provides.
To clarify, so you support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants?
I do because I understand why people would want to be in America. To seek the safety and prosperity, the opportunities, the health that is here. It is so important that yes, people follow the rules so that people can be treated equally and fairly in this country.
Stephen, I have no dog in this fight. I am not a Palin person. And she is not an elected official, with any chance to vote for or against it, so I think she is a marginal player at best. All I know about it is I saw her tick off the Univision anchor big time. It appears to me that she has not yet thought through the entire mess, because it has had little or no impact on Alaska.
Just like the 1986 amnesty law did.
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There is no political groundswell for this except among the illegals themselves and their anchor baby kin.
Another massive mistake by the Dims, when they should be concentrating on the economy.
So let them cause themselves more grief. Why interrupt your enemy when he's committing suicide?
The post says Shumer is going to introduce it. Your logic leaves much to be desired.
Immigration is next on the legislative plate. As for whether or not Schumer has or hasn’t introduced the bill having anything to do with the chances of it’s passage, he can’t get it on the agenda until they clear the health care bill and see whether or not they can salvage the cap and trade bill. They can’t swallow all those issues at once. Graham is on board and McCain is a big supporter of immigration reform. I don’t think many Dems will oppose it (read none) so it will pass. You can continue to delude yourself that because Schumer hasn’t brought it up yet it won’t pass but you’re wrong. That’s where your logic breaks down. As for being gratuitously insulted, well, this is FR. If you don’t have a thick skin maybe you should just lurk.
Immigration has been on the legislative plate since the last time it failed. This is your magnificent, superior insight: that some of them are still trying? What kind of a man are you that you can't stand for a woman to disagree with your pontifications?
>> Exactly. Plenty of the GOP support this invasion too. <<
They too have been sold on the promise of Future votes from the illegal block of potential voters and also payouts for cheap labor from unscrupulous companies. There is probably money being funneled from Mexico City as well....
Both parties have their hands in the illegal immigration cookie jar, a jar that encompasses many lobby groups in Washington but very few constituents at home.
LOL. Nice try.
We suffer under the pawl of a Junta of leftist ideologues. They’re the same as the spoiled brat SDS punks back in our university days,who occuppied classrooms and university buildings across the country, shutting down campuses and short changing those of us who had paid tuition to go to classes, the majority of us in fact.
We pounded the hell out of some of them and ran them off then, and we will do it again.
Thanks very much for the ping; post. Thanks to all posters. BTTT!
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