“Yep...me too...and they haven’t a clue of the reality of the illegal numbers, nor the reality it’s never going to be a matter of sending them all home...they refuse to face the reality their “Dream” of our nation being without Hispanics is just never going to happen. You cannot send 30 million people back ...can you imagine the rising up they would do against this? “
Well, I’m not sure their “dream” is a Hispanic-free America. There are good people that IMHO just take a more simplistic view of this issue and say “send them all home” without really thinking through how that would ever be accomplished. What I think is more shameful is the obvious pandering to this group by Romney and Bachmann. Speaking of which, I find it strange that those two never seem to end up on opposite sides of an issue, but I digress.
As for Newt, I thought it was courageous for him to bring this up and be willing to take the heat for it-knowing what the reaction would be in threads like this and across the conservative spectrum. He is right though-the reality is you’re not gonna be able to send 30 million people home, and AFTER we get the border secured, we’re gonna have to decide what to do with all these people, and there may need to be some lines drawn. Good people can disagree on this, but I really don’t think this is an unreasonable position. And as an undecided, it didn’t make my view of Newt any less favorable.
“As for Newt, I thought it was courageous for him to bring this up and be willing to take the heat for it-knowing what the reaction would be in threads like”
Where’s Newts compassion for the millions of Americans who have lost their jobs and would do most of the jobs these illegals now have.
These illegals are taking jobs that most Americans will now do to survive!
Newt was showing the real ability to lead on immigration.
Maybe they do look it the illegal problem too simplistic as there was a time when one could do so...that time is long past. They're here and it's a matter of getting the border secured determining how and who to allow to stay....which btw that alone might get some of them off the welfare rolls if they target those on them.