[freespirited]

The 25 year minimum will be cut to 10, mark my words. Those who were here illegally 25 years ago were already amnestied in 1986.

[Ajnin]

They may indeed cut it 10 years but they won’t have to because all the fraud perpetrated by the illegal aliens will simply be ignored. The residency requirements for the 86 amnesty were ingored.

[Calliecat]

It will be cut to nothing, because the plan is unrealistic and unenforceable, and the will is lacking. Newt needs to shelve this half-baked idea.

[kabar]

If you actually read Newt's plan, there is no time limit. 25 years is not mentioned at all, instead the criterion is:

We need a path to legality, but not citizenship, for some of these individuals who have deep ties to America, including family, church and community ties. We also need a path to swift but dignified repatriation for those who are transient and have no roots in America.

This pure sophistry. And exactly does he intend to have a "swift" repartriation of the estimated 2 million "criminal aliens" that are here? McCain said the same thing only he used the word "immediately."