[November 2010]

I think you are both wrong about Palin on this issue:

I.

By Matt DeLong
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, August 2, 2010

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin said Sunday that Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) has “the cojones” that President Obama “does not have” to take on illegal immigration.

Appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” Palin (R) blasted Obama over the Justice Department’s lawsuit to block Arizona’s controversial new law and attacked him in particular for not addressing “sanctuary cities” — where local law enforcement is prohibited from asking people about their immigration status. Arizona’s law bans sanctuary cities.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/01/AR2010080102791.html

II.

On the first episode of “Alaska” she said we should build the fence.

III.

Whatever it takes...no amnesty...keep it simple,” vows Palin, annointed President Palin on The Factor. In spite of Bill O’Reilly’s posited amnesty bias, in spite of overbearing interruptions, in spite of a battery of staccato questions with no chance to provide a full answer, O’Reilly failed to rattle Palin’s resolve that protecting America’s borders is a top priority, a national security issue.

Sarah Palin delivered solutions the majority of Americans support : Secure the borders, enforce the federal immigration laws, no amnesty, American citizens get first shot at American jobs, and no repeating past mistakes - whatever it takes.

What follows is the video of this riveting interview in O’Reilly’s No Spin Zone, a transcription of the clip which focused on illegal immigration, prepared by Political Buzz Examiner, Devonia Smith.

http://www.examiner.com/political-buzz-in-dallas/illegal-immigration-o-reilly-batters-sarah-palin-on-amnesty-vs-solutions-video-transcript (includes link to video)

Etc.

This is from a quick google. I don’t know why people think she’s soft on immigration. She was a VP candidate for Juan McCain. You can’t attack your presidential candidate’s positions and accept the VP nod. Palin is not bound by McCain’s positions and hasn’t been since 2008.

[ari-freedom]

“Arizona’s law bans sanctuary cities.”

Unfortunately, Alaska does not
http://www.sanctuarycities.info/sanctuary_state_alaska.htm
That is why we need a law that bans all sanctuary cities across the country.

[jessduntno]

“This is from a quick google. I don’t know why people think she’s soft on immigration.”

Hold on. I didn’t say it was true, Ijust said that if she did think that, she was wrong. However, you can also pretty easily find the following interview with Univisión anchor Jorge Ramos;

Interview on Television;

RAMOS: Governor, let me ask you about immigration. How many undocumented immigrants are there in Alaska?

PALIN: I don’t know, I don’t know. That’s a good question.

RAMOS: As governor, how do you deal with them? Do you think they all should be deported?

PALIN: There is no way that in the US we would roundup every illegal immigrant — there are about 12 million of the illegal immigrants — not only economically is that just an impossibility but that’s not a humane way anyway to deal with the issue that we face with illegal immigration.”

I report, you decide, OK?

[nopardons]

Don’t you know, yet, that facts don’t matter to the anti-Palinistas?

They all post the same damned crapola and then congratulate each other on being more intelligent than those who do support her.

[kabar]

As someone who is deeply involved in the immigration and lobbies on the Hill and in Richmond, I have been following Palin's position on amnesty very closely. She has been playing word games to try to fool the uninformed. She has never backed down from her Univision interview.

[Windflier]

I don’t know why people think she’s soft on immigration.

The Palinoia crowd continues to insist that "she's soft on illegal immigration" because they HAVE to have something to nail her on. It's a false justifier for their irrational dislike of her, plain and simple.

As president, Palin could order every federal agency to enforce our immigration laws to the letter, and these few Palin haters on the right wouldn't skip a beat or bat an eye, in their unsupportable criticisms of her.

It's not called "PDS" for nothing.

[Will88]

I have been eagerly waiting for Palin to state a clear position on illegal immigration, including what to do with the millions already here. She still has not been clear. This is from your link and is about as close as she has come to stating a position.

Palin: Then let's keep it, then, then we won't complicate it any more. Let's keep it simple. And let's say no that if you are here illegally, if you don't follow the steps that at some point in immigration reform that we are going to be able to provide that will allow you somehow to be able to work - if you are not going to do that, then you will be deported. You will be gone.

She's talking about providing some steps for illegals to follow in some future immigration reform - to be able to work. That is just one more form of amnesty.

Sarah does not want to state a clear position on what to do with the illegals already here. And she's not the only one dancing around that issue. But her most ardent supporters need to stop claiming that she has been clear on immigration issues because she has not.

And I'm not being overly critical of her. I keep hoping she will state a clear position. If she would, I'd consider her my first choice at this point. But she has not yet stated a clear position. Maybe she will next year during debates, if she in fact becomes a candidate.