RasterMaster wrote: “Fred doesn’t support a fence, doesn’t support employer sanctions, but DOES support amnesty for those who have broken the law.”
Those were Ryan Sager’s opinions based on old information.
“He has stated in interviews that he wants the triple-layer fencing proposed last year by the GOP in Congress, but he also wants a ‘virtual’ fence — electronic surveillance, motion sensors, etc. He wants the Border Patrol’s ranks expanded, and he wants someone in charge of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) that will do their job as it is outlined by the law. (Right now, the current Border Patrol Chief, Daniel Aguilera, was handed a vote of ‘no confidence’ by his Border Patrol agents; they believe he is an ‘amnesty-first’ person.) Again, Senator Thompson realizes that national security should come first, and that includes keeping a vigilant watch on our borders.”
- Thomas Clark and Marcie Packard, Common Conservative, May 16, 2007
http://www.commonconservative.com/clark-packard/clark-packard051607.shtml
“I think most people feel disillusioned after 1986 when we had this deal offered to them before, and now we’re insisting that, you know, we solve the security problem first, and then we’ll talk about what to do with regard to other things — certainly no amnesty or nothing blanket like that...”
“You know, if you have the right kind of policies, and you’re not encouraging people to come here and encouraging them to stay once they’re here, they’ll go back, many of them, of their own volition, instead of having to, you know, load up moving vans and rounding people up. That’s not going to happen.”
Former Sen. Fred Thompson on ‘FOX News Sunday’
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258222,00.html
Actually that statement was based on Fred’s interview with Sean Hannity, just two weeks ago.