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Path to legalization needed, GOP candidate Whitman says
San Diego Union - Tribune ^ | 10/29/09 | Sandra Dibble

Posted on 10/29/2009 12:38:26 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

SAN YSIDRO — With the San Ysidro border fence as her backdrop, Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman spoke out on immigration policy issues yesterday, saying it is “simply not practical” to deport the estimated 12.5 million illegal immigrants living and working in the United States.

The candidate, 53, said the solution is to find a mechanism that allows them to live here legally. “Can we get a fair program where people stand at the back of the line, they pay a fine, they do some things that would ultimately allow a path to legalization?” she asked.

Whitman also urged tougher measures against those who hire undocumented workers, and said that as governor “I would be an advocate . . . for the people of California to make sure we really do secure this border.”

The former chief executive of online auction company eBay made her remarks after a two-hour ride-along with two U.S. Border Patrol agents.

Though immigration is a federal issue, the governor “has to weigh in much more heavily on getting the federal government to fulfill its responsibility of paying for border control, of helping to pay for illegal immigrants that are in our prisons,” Whitman said.

Since declaring her candidacy in February, Whitman has spoken on immigration issues several times. She has said that had she lived in California in 1994, she would have voted against Proposition 187, a measure intended to deny education, health care and other services to illegal immigrants. Voters passed it, but its major provisions were overturned in court.

Others seeking the Republican nomination are Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner and former Rep. Tom Campbell.

The Democratic candidates are Attorney General Jerry Brown and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom.

Yesterday, Whitman reiterated her opposition to “sanctuary cities,” which pass local resolutions to protect illegal immigrants in their jurisdictions.

During her tour of the border, Whitman said agents told her they had enough people in the sector but wanted more technology, such as infrared cameras, to do their job.

The border tour “increased my sense of urgency, and wanting to make sure that the federal government takes responsibility for the resources to get the job done,” Whitman said.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
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1 posted on 10/29/2009 12:38:26 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: Oldpuppymax

not soon enough


3 posted on 10/29/2009 12:42:27 PM PDT by Grunthor (Thank YOU George Bush, for giving us the GOP of today!)
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To: NormsRevenge

Just another reason I won’t vote for Meg —— I will NOT EVER support a RINO.


4 posted on 10/29/2009 12:43:26 PM PDT by the long march
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To: NormsRevenge
“Can we get a fair program where people stand at the back of the line, they pay a fine, they do some things that would ultimately allow a path to legalization?”

Uh, Meg, I think that is called Amnesty.

I had thought MW had some promise, but she is dead to me now.

5 posted on 10/29/2009 12:43:59 PM PDT by Plutarch
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To: NormsRevenge
Just the problem that needs endless chatter. Can't drill for oil, can't drill for gas, can't build gas or oil pipelines.
Can't expand our power lines, can't build nuclear plants. Can't build refineries. Our government has just about run up a debt that can never be paid off. (This so teachers and government workers don't lose their jobs) Mind you all those can'ts could actually save our economy.
6 posted on 10/29/2009 12:44:19 PM PDT by Hans
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To: NormsRevenge

Anther pro amnesty liberal.

Screw you, Meg!


7 posted on 10/29/2009 12:45:50 PM PDT by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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To: NormsRevenge

How about a “path to legalization” for energy production?


8 posted on 10/29/2009 12:46:10 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
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To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; 7.62 x 51mm; ..

ping


9 posted on 10/29/2009 12:47:21 PM PDT by gubamyster
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To: NormsRevenge
For all of those who thought she was soooo great, (she was an adviser to McQueeg during the election cycle) get real.

Just another RINO looking to help destroy this country like she did to HP.

Same ol’ worn out Chit!

10 posted on 10/29/2009 12:48:26 PM PDT by wolfcreek (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc)
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To: NormsRevenge

There is room for a real conservative to run and crush these democrat and republican marxists.


11 posted on 10/29/2009 12:49:16 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: NormsRevenge
Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman spoke out on immigration policy issues yesterday, saying it is “simply not practical” to deport the estimated 12.5 million illegal immigrants living and working in the United States.

In other words, "the government hasn't done the job it was supposed to do for twenty years and it would be just too much hard work to reverse the results of our dereliction of duty."

Isn't that what she's really saying?

What if a governor took the same approach on the state's criminals? I.e., we can't catch them all...so let's just legalize them.

Is pig-headed shiftlessness a necessary credential for public office?

12 posted on 10/29/2009 12:49:16 PM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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To: wolfcreek
Just another RINO looking to help destroy this country like she did to HP.

Whitman's from eBay. You are thinking of that other RINO, Fiorina. But both are beyond worthless.

13 posted on 10/29/2009 12:49:49 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: pissant

Who is running against her in the primary?


14 posted on 10/29/2009 12:50:05 PM PDT by CPT Clay (Pick up your weapon and follow me.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Music to the RNC’s ears. I’m sure they’re preparing a BIG, FAT check for her election fund.


15 posted on 10/29/2009 12:50:20 PM PDT by kevao (I am Joe Wilson!)
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To: CPT Clay

duh

Others seeking the Republican nomination are Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner and former Rep. Tom Campbell.


16 posted on 10/29/2009 12:50:50 PM PDT by CPT Clay (Pick up your weapon and follow me.)
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To: NormsRevenge

“The former chief executive of online auction company eBay made her remarks after a two-hour ride-along with two U.S. Border Patrol agents.”

That was certainly a cunning stunt.


17 posted on 10/29/2009 12:51:52 PM PDT by tumblindice (that jug-eared, spendthrift, Marxist mack-daddy, big talkin Pinnochio-lookin knuckleheaded fishsmack)
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To: NormsRevenge

We need to have a bigger quota for Latin Americans (and a smaller one for Muslims, although just the reverse is happening) so that more can come in legally. That said, if we’re going to do legalization of people already here (”amnesty”), we have to have some standards.

I was very sorry that people here opposed the Bush plan so much, because it would have been possible to work with his plan and we could have demanded things from it. The plan favored and in fact mandated the learning of English and US civics, background checks to make sure we weren’t getting druggies or criminals, verifiable ID for immigrants, etc.

I knew this was the best we were going to get. I knew that when the Dems got in, they were going to put in a plan that required nothing and was just aimed at legalizing people they thought would vote for them. In fact, I bet when the final plan comes out, Latin Americans (many of whom are very entrepreneurial and quite conservative) will be at the bottom of the list and it will be mostly people from Muslim countries in Africa and the ME who will be allowed in legally.


18 posted on 10/29/2009 12:52:53 PM PDT by livius
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To: NormsRevenge

deport the 12.5 million.

JUST DO IT!


19 posted on 10/29/2009 12:54:45 PM PDT by Uversabound (Our Military past and present: Our Highest example of Brotherhood of Man & Doing God's Will)
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To: NormsRevenge
Thee is already such a path: leave the country that you are in illegally, and apply to re-enter legally next time. No one has a right to be here except for citizens and those born to them. What the hell is so difficult about that?

Every time I pick up the newspaper and read about a local criminal arrest, more than half the time it's someone just breaking the laws that Americans can't be bothered to break. And they're breaking a lot of them at once.

20 posted on 10/29/2009 12:55:24 PM PDT by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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