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Sarah Palin on Immigration (in her own words)
On the Issues ^ | Updated Aug 2011 | Sarah Palin

Posted on 08/14/2011 7:12:33 PM PDT by Clairity

Supports a path to citizenship, but no amnesty for illegals

Q: Should undocumented immigrants all should be deported?

A: 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.

Q: Do you then favor an amnesty for the 12 million undocumented immigrants?

A: No, I do not. Not total amnesty. You know, people have got to follow the rules. 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.

Q: So you support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants?

A: 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.

Source: Univision Interview with Sarah Palin, by Jorge Ramos Oct 26, 2008

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Took no action on Alaska's "sanctuary cities" Lou Dobbs notes that at least two of Alaska's cities have been officially designated as sanctuary cities: "An August 14, 2006 report produced by the Congressional Research Service listed 31 cities and counties that have 'don't ask, don't tell' sanctuary policies in place. They [include] Anchorage, Alaska [and] Fairbanks, Alaska. Alaska and Oregon both have state-wide policies that forbid state agencies from using resources to enforce federal immigration law."

Apparently, this is by design from the highest levels.

In fact, a resolution to that effect was passed in the Alaska state legislature in 2003 (before Palin's election): "[Alaska] House Joint Resolution 22 - May 2003: Establishes that state agencies and instrumentalities may not use state resources or institutions for the enforcement of federal immigration laws, which are the responsibility of the federal government."

It’s not clear whether Gov. Palin has ever weighed in, pro or con, on Alaska’s sanctuary policies.

Source: Lou Dobbs reported on lafrontera.mojo4m.com Sep 5, 2006

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Tightened restrictions on illegal alien's drivers licenses

There has been an ongoing fight in Alaska over drivers' licenses for illegals. A bill banning drivers' licenses for illegals passed the Alaska state senate in 2003 [before Palin was elected governor]: "JUNEAU (AP) - The state Senate approved a bill that tightens the standards for getting a driver’s license by requiring applicants prove they are in the country legally and by placing time limits on licenses for legal aliens."

The measure did not pass into law. In any event, Palin's DMV subsequently tightened the administrative regulations on drivers' licenses, thereby giving rise to a lawsuit by some folks who found the new restrictions inconvenient.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; clairity; elections; illegalimmigration; immigration; palin; perry; rinoricky; sarahpalin
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To: Windflier
No. I'm not offended. I'm just disgusted. It's like those witches in high school all over again. Once they find a friend or two, they like to click off and gang up on the smart people, the pretty people, the more successful people, or what have you, regardless of the merit of their own case, and try to drag them down. I get it. And you think they'll grow out of it, but as you've demonstrated, they never really do.

Good night, Wini. Sweet dreams, and good luck defeating Perry. You'll need it, and more.
321 posted on 08/15/2011 12:20:46 AM PDT by DRey
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To: DRey; Windflier; glock rocks

D, it’s like this. You aren’t the first person to cry witch hunt and start whining that we Palin cultists are perceived horribly. Here’s a hint. We don’t much give a rat’s digestive tract what you and your ‘hidden cabal’ think of us personally or politically. Nor do I personally care if you think I’m original. Frankly you aren’t worth the time it would take to ponder an original thought on the matter, so I resort to the tried and true...and you are in hella denial.

Now go play with your empty Guardisl boxes delivered on the Illegal Immigrant Highway by Mexican unsafe trucks and Mexican unskilled drivers while the rest of us try to avoid your boy’s attitude toward our borders from infecting the rest of what’s left of America.

PS...The Goddess forgives you your sins

Normie
Chief Druid of Trollhenge
Cult of Palin


322 posted on 08/15/2011 1:30:51 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: Norm Lenhart

Yawn..................


323 posted on 08/15/2011 1:34:54 AM PDT by DRey
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To: The Cajun; grey_whiskers; DRey; onyx

Careful guys, THE MIGHTY D says there’s a secret cabal out there emailing furiously amongst themselves about evil people like us who support Palin. We are like high school bullies if we don’t fall and worship Perry you know.

Read back a few posts from here. He’she/whatever was very upset ;)

The clowns could come for us in the night or something I guess... And “We don’t know who we are dealing with” I guess.


324 posted on 08/15/2011 1:56:13 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: All; onyx
So what you're really saying ONYX, since all you have is bluster and no links is you can't find ONE source to quote and link of the pure and perfect Sarah Palin where she refutes her Oct 2008 quote about supporting a path to citizenship for illegal aliens?

Where is it? Come on! WHERE?

What's RINO Perry said? Let's see...

In A December 2006 editorial, Gov. Perry wrote: "I would rather know who is crossing our border legally to work instead of not knowing who is crossing our border illegally to work. A guest worker program that provides foreign workers with an ID removes the incentive for millions of people to illegally enter our country. It also adds those workers to our tax base, generates revenue for needed social services and it can be done without providing citizenship." and "Along with millions of Americans, I think it is wrong to reward those who broke our laws with citizenship ahead of those who have followed the law and are waiting to enter this country legally. And like millions of Americans I do not support amnesty." (Emphasis mine.)

Source: http://governor.state.tx.us/news/editorial/10326/

325 posted on 08/15/2011 2:22:23 AM PDT by newzjunkey (Dems should've picked Hillary.)
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To: RepublicanChick

No-more-crooked-establishment-RINOs-like-Slick-Rick-Perry-PING! :)


326 posted on 08/15/2011 2:29:09 AM PDT by kara2008 (Palin 2012)
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To: allsouthern; All
Since you brought it up... what is Perry's stance on illegals and border control?

The "big sin" he's associated with is a Texas dream law 10 years ago which passed with veto proof majorities. It was tightened in 2005 and a repeal bill never even made it out of committee this term. Here's an FR thread explaining the Texas dream law.

Perry's signed bills against human trafficking (HB 1372, 4008 & SB 11 of '07), on increased border security (probably the Rangers on the border he's mentioned; HB1 of '07), for tougher employer sanctions (HB 1196 of '07), on document fraud (HB 126 of '07) and signed Voter ID. Source: http://www.txcc.org/illegal-immigration & Reuters (Voter ID signing)

As he mentioned in the Waterloo, IA Q&A Sunday, he did send Rangers to the border: Texas governor sends Rangers to Mexico border (2009)

He also mentioned arial assets on the border:

Texas Gov. Rick Perry says Predator drones should patrol Texas border (2009)

Texas gets a second aerial drone for border security (2011)

He's not for amnesty or "pathway to citizenship" as a reward:

In A December 2006 editorial, Gov. Perry wrote: "I would rather know who is crossing our border legally to work instead of not knowing who is crossing our border illegally to work. A guest worker program that provides foreign workers with an ID removes the incentive for millions of people to illegally enter our country. It also adds those workers to our tax base, generates revenue for needed social services and it can be done without providing citizenship." and "Along with millions of Americans, I think it is wrong to reward those who broke our laws with citizenship ahead of those who have followed the law and are waiting to enter this country legally. And like millions of Americans I do not support amnesty." (Emphasis mine.)

Source: http://governor.state.tx.us/news/editorial/10326/

He's a critic of E-Verify's lack of impact on Texas but it is used in thousands of Texas business although not required. However, Texas does require and use the I-9 "employment eligibility" forms which is where E-Verify is supposed to take its info. So in a real sense Texas already verifies eligibility, and under Perry it became harder on employers who violate the law and those who provide documents to defraud employers. Hutchison says Texas state doesn't use E-Verify to weed out undocumented workers applying for jobs (PolitiFact, 2010)

A mandatory E-Verify bill failed to pass the Texas legislature this year Business leaders say mandatory ‘E-Verify’ plan would harm small businesses (2011)

Perry also got a ban on driver's licenses for illegals through too (SB 1). ID measure passed quietly, while sanctuary cities bill died noisily

A bill banning "sanctuary cities," added by Perry to the recent special session, passed the Senate but failed in the Texas House. Same story as above: ID measure passed quietly, while sanctuary cities bill died noisily

Gee. Look at that! Old open borders RINO Rick, Governor Goodhair. He's never done anything about illegal immigration or border control. /s

327 posted on 08/15/2011 2:42:43 AM PDT by newzjunkey (growing tired of the damned liars)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Over the years illegals have came over one at a time, we can send them back the same way.


328 posted on 08/15/2011 2:43:43 AM PDT by Sea Parrot (The entitlement class will prove to be the liberals very own creation of a Frankenstein monster.)
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To: newzjunkey

Using I-9 forms does absolutely nothing re: illegal eligibility, as employers are expressly forbidden from questioning doubtful (fake) IDs.

Perry’s only ‘toughness’ on illegal immigration is in the last two years, running up to his presidential campaign. He’s got a decade of being dreadful on it.


329 posted on 08/15/2011 2:46:03 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: DRey

“Yawn..................”

Tired after a hard day’s troll? Time for nappy poo. ;)


330 posted on 08/15/2011 3:07:53 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: RINOs suck; onyx; Al B.; Virginia Ridgerunner

zotted again eh pissant?

Stick with the falcon party loser.


331 posted on 08/15/2011 3:18:37 AM PDT by sarah fan UK
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To: hocndoc

I think its funny, though his reply is even better.


332 posted on 08/15/2011 3:23:42 AM PDT by rintense (ABO can KMA.)
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To: CharlesWayneCT

And I’m sure you missed where I criticized Palin for using the ABO line. It’s wrong and she’s wrong.


333 posted on 08/15/2011 3:24:47 AM PDT by rintense (ABO can KMA.)
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To: 9YearLurker
I guess you ignored the half dozen things I listed that he did during the Bush years because that doesn't fit your anti-Perry narrative.

You don't like him. That's fine. He's kinda weird, maybe he's too cozy with business interests although I don't know that's a bad thing in this jobless economy. We'll see how his campaign unfolds.

I'm posting what I find out to fight against misinformation. I'm not committed although may be I should be.

If I'm in CA for the election, my vote won't mean anything and I fully expect the Republicans will find a way to lose it all in 2012. They're really good at that.

334 posted on 08/15/2011 3:54:43 AM PDT by newzjunkey
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To: newzjunkey

If you’re really open-minded and Perry’s long-time pro-illegals position would bother you, here’s something for you to read:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/61076.html


336 posted on 08/15/2011 4:08:03 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: newzjunkey; sickoflibs; stephenjohnbanker; DoughtyOne; Liz; indylindy
In A December 2006 editorial, Gov. Perry wrote: "I would rather know who is crossing our border legally to work instead of not knowing who is crossing our border illegally to work. A guest worker program that provides foreign workers with an ID removes the incentive for millions of people to illegally enter our country. It also adds those workers to our tax base, generates revenue for needed social services and it can be done without providing citizenship."

I would like to believe that a "guest worker program" does not lead to citizenship, but I am not convinced. Many millions are here illegally because of expired visas. Guest workers sire anchor babies.

And even assuming we can trust Perry's intentions, the larger the pool of potential amnesty candidates, the greater the danger of importing 10s of millions of leftist voters. Let's say Perry was POTUS 8 years, accumulating guest workers the whole time, with no amnesty. Think those programs are going away? No, they will still be here, and you can bet the leftists (and perhaps RINOs too) will keep trying to "bring them out of the shadows" and make them all voters.

And we have over 9% unemployment, probably double that in reality!

If Perry had mentioned some of those little problems I mentioned, I might have more confidence he and his brain trust had even thought about them.

Palin's approach is similar, and perhaps worse, because her program itself could lead to "a path to citizenship" and voting (it's really unclear). On O'Reilly in 2010 she proposed registering and providing work for illegals, as long as they "follow the steps" in her program.

337 posted on 08/15/2011 4:09:45 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Budget sins can be fixed. Amnesty is irreversible.)
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To: grey_whiskers; Condor51; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; BobL; sickoflibs; stephenjohnbanker; ...
Forget Perry. We've had too many Texans in the White House....the last Texas President wowed conservatives with "compassionate conservatism"......then left the GOP with no credibility to attack Obama and the Dems.

You got that right.........."compassionate conservatism" was nothing more than a devious plan to kick so/con Repubs out of the party. GWB was duped and dumbed down by the pukeneos who had a "Master Plan" to takeover the Repubs (since they had already decimated the Dems).

As Fox talker Billy Kristol's daddy wrote: "the historical task and political purpose of neo-conservatism is to convert the Republican party, and American conservatism in general, against their respective wills, into a new kind of conservative politics suitable to governing a modern democracy." Irving Kristol, August 25, 2003 issue, Weekly Standard.

338 posted on 08/15/2011 4:20:24 AM PDT by Liz ( A taxpayer voting for Obama is like a chicken voting for Col Sanders.)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

“Hate to break it to you Bob, but not only has she not explained that Univision interview, but she said more of the same on O’Relly in 2010: “

To be honest, I think that I heard that also...in fact I’ve posted to that extent. That’s the nice thing about having a large field of candidates to choose from - I don’t need Sarah, but she, of course, is still much better than Perry, with all his other weird stuff.


339 posted on 08/15/2011 4:26:17 AM PDT by BobL (PLEASE READ: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2657811/posts)
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To: DRey
You and your clan are not perceived the way you think you are. You can cow people all you like, but they can still email. And they are not going away.

And we're not going away either, despite your secret emailings. I bet you have a list too. Nice.

340 posted on 08/15/2011 4:34:44 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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