I read the whole think. Stylistically, this isn't the way Sarah talks when she is on her own. It has "McCain handlers" written all over it like the Katie Coric interview.
FWIW, I'm not in favor of mass deportations either. From what I've seen, read and observed, there are probably up to 1 out of 3 illegals who would make good citizens. They came in with the tide because it was far less complicated and time consuming than going through the legal process once they saw how unserious we were about border enforcement.
My opinion is that we could get up to 2/3rds of them to self-deport by attrition: cut off the magnets that bring them here in the first place, especially access to public assistance, subsidized housing, taxpayer financed medical care and the like. Those caught engaging in criminal activity, including phony documents, driving without insurance and the like would get a fast track to deportation. Those who got exploited for sub-minimum wages, job related injuries and the like would be assisted to sue their employers, who would be fined, forced to pay up and have the money placed in escrow which the illegals could collect in installments only when they appeared in person at the U.S. Embassy or Counsulate in their country of origin.
This would leave a much smaller and more manageable pool of those eligible for earned amnesty on a point system similar to what most sane first world countries use to determine immigration eligibility.
Switzerland, for instance, has 20% of their workforce filled by immigrants. Those who stay on and wish to earn Swiss citizenship must be approved by the Swiss communities where they live in addition to clearing certain other hurdles to prove they will not become a ward of the state.
I agree, but that suggests that Palin may be corruptible. Her former handler Nicolle Wallace seems to flip her ideology from day to day, sometimes praising Obama, sometimes mildly criticizing him.
From what I've seen, read and observed, there are probably up to 1 out of 3 illegals who would make good citizens. They came in with the tide because it was far less complicated and time consuming than going through the legal process once they saw how unserious we were about border enforcement.
IMO, if they are such good candidates for resident status and citizenship, they should earn their right to be here legally, like 99.9% of the people who live on continents separated from us by oceans. Mexico already has huge quotas favoring its citizens. I think an amnesty for 1/3 of them is still unfair to the rest of the world, and in fact to US citizens.
Also, I don't welcome the prospect of 10 million (with more to come via chain migration) new Dem (or worse) voters.