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To: EternalVigilance

Palin: we need to close the borders. They are called illegal aliens for a reason and if they are not going to follow the rules they should not be in our country.

It’s pretty simple I ratched that one down to the simple answer because its an easier answer than some politicians want it to make it be. you close the borders. You get more agressive about cracking down on the illegal aliens and we take it serious what our border patrol officers are trying to do

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2703332

December 2009
Lars Larson radio talk show

LARS: The amnesty proposal that was defeated in Congress — in your view, was that amnesty for illegals and would you back amnesty for a path to citizenship, as the current president calls it?

SARAH PALIN: No, I’m not for amnesty. Let’s ratchet this down quite simply to remember what we’re referring to. Illegal aliens are called “illegal” for a reason. We need to secure our borders and I am not for amnesty.

And there are humane ways to deal with the 11-13 million illegal aliens who are in our country right now, but if they’re not going to follow the rules, they need to get out.

106 posted on 02/10/2010 7:23:25 PM PST by SoCalPol (Reagan Republican for Palin 2012)"

SoCalPol--

Sarah *didn't* say "close the borders," I think that that's your own projection of her words. "Secure the borders" is a term that's been used as a substitute, a sop, for immigration enforcement, I heard that term in 2008 at our state party convention from Senator Susan Collins, an open-borders lobbyist.

Everything that Sarah said is totally consistent with the terminology of Bush, McCain, and the other amnesty/open-borders people. Saying she is against "amnesty" is meaningless, McCain said he was against amnesty.

And you notice that Sarah didn't answer Lar's question:"The amnesty proposal that was defeated in Congress — in your view, was that amnesty for illegals..."

That was the key question which would have told us on which side of the fence (so to speak) she was on. And she evaded that question.

And she has no record before she was chosen by McCain on immigration enforcement. Alaska was "sanctuary state" and gave drivers licenses to illegals, she wasn't responsible for that but she did little to change those policies.

The weaselly, open to interpretation statements she has made since the election (that I've seen) and the her support for "a path to citizenship" (statements on this thread that this doesn't *have* to mean amnesty, in the context of the immigration debate, that is exactly what it means) during the campaign, means that those who are concerned about immigration, mass third-world immigration, should be very worried about Sarah on this issue.

Perhaps you saw Glen Beck on Jay Leno, Jay asked what Glen thought of Sarah, Glen said (my recollection of his words): "I like her. But I need to learn more."

I think that what a lot of us think.