She said she opposes amnesty. She said people have to follow the law.
What's your problem?
- JP
Posted on 08/09/2009 6:56:23 PM PDT by RebelYell1990
Sarah Palin finally came out and made her stance on illegal immigration clear. She is pro amnesty for illegal aliens. In an interview to Univision she stated unequivocally that she is for a pathway to citizenship. In the same interview she says she is against amnesty for illegal aliens. Have your cake and eat it to, I think that is called.
Back on the same day that John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential candidate I started investigating Palin's past on illegal immigration. I invited others to send in anything they found. There was nothing on the record. Many did write in and said that Laura Ingraham said that one time she was talking to Palin and she said she was against amnesty. That was the only statement anywhere that could be found.
Now we know that she is against amnesty, all the while she is for it with a "pathway to citizenship".
You see this is what is wrong with these people. They think they can be on both sides of the issue at once and that simply isn't possible. You are either against amnesty or you are not. If you are for a pathway to citizenship for those who have illegally entered our country then you are pro-amnesty as you have virtually absolved them of all of their illegality.
People have bashed me for questioning "the Palin". They wrote in to say that obviously she is against illegal immigration. This was all wishful thinking and like so many other issues that the politicians have avoided, until they take a clear stance don't assume anything (and even then, if they're only saying it look at their record).
Sarah Palin is in lock-step with John McCain when it comes to amnesty for illegal aliens. Her answers are almost indistinguishable from McCain's, Obama's or even the most pro-illegal alien congressman in the house, Luis Gutierrez, for that matter.
Read it and weep.
Univision
Univision: Governor, let me ask you about immigration. How many undocumented immigrants are there in Alaska? Sarah Palin: I don't know, I don't know. That's a good question.
Univision: As governor, how do you deal with them? Do you think they all should be deported? Sarah Palin: 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.
Univision: Do you then favor an amnesty for the 12 or 13 million undocumented immigrants? Sarah Palin: 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.
Univision: To clarify, so you support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants? Sarah Palin: 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.
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Univision: What is your strategy? How are you planning to win the latino vote? Sarah Palin: I will tell you, I wish that there were more hours in the day so that we can get out there and to more of the communities with such the strong Latino vote that is out there and really tell them that we desire to work for them. We are asking them to hire us and let us work for them.
Sickening we can't find a real leader in this country who cares about Americans first.
Wait a minute, who said I was angry. P@ssed off, but not angry. Watching the reds take more and more control of our lives everyday leaves me little sympathy for anti-Palin cracks.
You do realize that's what the Nazis told the Jews and what we did to the Japanese in this country in World War II? Toss in the Soviets with the gulags.
Do you really think this is a winning argument? Take it outside of the harshness and put it on Drudge as a headline:
Republicans want internment camps for illegals!
That will go over well...
Really?
Looking at he quotes in this article, she didn't say that she was for amnesty.
A pathway to citizenship means that the illegal alien needs to go home and wait at the end of the line.
A friend of mine, very Christian pro life and business owner voted for Obama when he saw Sarah...just no way he would take the risk to have her as president..
I hope you will enjoy the camps!!!
I didn't say you made such a statement, I implied that you've expressed such sentiment. Geesh...
Yea, Bush, Kennedy, McCain, and Obama all oppose amnesty to. They just support a path to citizenship for illegals.
The posters on this thread who push the bogus amnesty comments re Palin could care less about Amnesty
or they would have been posting right along re Obama’s up coming push for amnesty.
This I can understand.
I’m getting there myself.
You won’t need cattle cars at all if you just enforce the law. Make employers check soc security numbers. Allow Social Security and ICE to speak to each other. Put huge fines on employers who hire illegals and do not verify as they should. Make them show proof of citizenship even in hospital visits. Remove every benefit except emergency treatment with a one-way ticket home.
Do these things and you won’t have to worry about cattle cars at all.
Reagan got punked? Are you smoking crack?
Univision
Univision: Governor, let me ask you about immigration. How many undocumented immigrants are there in Alaska?
Sarah Palin: I don’t know, I don’t know. That’s a good question.
Univision: As governor, how do you deal with them? Do you think they all should be deported?
Sarah Palin: 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.
Univision: Do you then favor an amnesty for the 12 or 13 million undocumented immigrants?
Sarah Palin: 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.
Univision: To clarify, so you support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants?
Sarah Palin: 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.
The statute of limitations for the actual offense of speeding in Texas is 2 years.
Is a speeding ticket the same as illegal immigration? Certainly not but be careful with aboslute moralism: it is a deadly trap.
UUUhhh... no speeding is not the same as illegal immigration. speeding is a class c misdemeanor in Texas (cant speak for other states), with the limits set by the State, County or City that the street in question goes through. Illegal Immigration is a violation of Federal law, and can result in a federal prison sentence.
In your last post you compared the British Colonists that settled the country to illegal aliens, and speeding to a absolute moral, therefore illegal immigration should not be enforced.
please dont drink and FReep.... sober up first.
Oh for goodness sakes! Hello?! this article was from October of last year when her job was to quarterback for her potential boss?!
Has the light gone on yet?!
The less Sarah says about the issue before she is elected the better off she is. She has to get elected before she can help the country. There are ways she can make it hard for illegals to stay here after she is elected without giving the Democrats yet another issue to beat her over the head with.I think she couldn’t have worded it any better.
Voters should not be so emotional and enchanted with Palin, but always remember that she is just another politician. If it benefits her to throw you or me under the bus, she’ll do it in a Unalakleet minute.
I never heard Cheney speak in favor of amnesty. If Palin said this, and still stands by it , it is a dealbreaker.
This is how you responded to the other guy above.
Wait a minute, one guy here said McCain was the King of Amnesty, and your angry at the others for not supporting that?
who said I was angry. P@ssed off, but not angry.
Gezzz....why do I bother here.
You’re right, her real stand on amnesty won’t be the determining factor for them.
They will use this statement to call her a liar if she lays out a more conservative approach on her own.
I don’t think Sarah will ever have to clarify, all she will have to do is oppose the Dems upcoming plan that will be shoved down our throats! I guarantee it will be a doozy!
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