I consider Newt to be a political opportunist of the crassest kind, yet have no problem with his wording here. What? Are we saying this country does not have the resources to support hard working people who pay taxes?
This is an area where we need to be practical. Assess the illegals in terms of their devotion to country and understanding of our principles. Throw the moochers and Commies out.
Newt changes his stand depending on the political winds. He doesn’t really hide that fact either.
Assess people who flaunt our laws by entering illegally? They also commit other crimes such as working illegally, ID theft, lying on employment applications, driving illegally, tax evasion, etc. These are not the people who should be rewarded with citizenship. We have over 4 million intending immigrants waiting their turn overseas to enter. They have filled out all the required paperwork, had background checks, and physical exams. What kind of message does this send to them? Does the Rule of Law mean anything?
Why sure, we could have a new department, The Department Of Illegal Alien Assessment. With at least 20 million illegals in this country, I would suppose you'd need at least 10,000 employees in the new department. I'm sure the taxpayers would not mind paying a few extra $billion at this point. Of course finding 10,000 people who could objectively assess the illegals "devotion to country and understanding of our principles" might be a real problem, and of course there would probably be money available to "assess" the right way.
Cut them off from all welfare and social programs.
One year minimum in federal prison for anyone employing an illegal.
Give the SEEBEES the job of physically securing the border and tell them that we know it can't be done.
Deport any illegal caught violating any law no matter how small
Cut off all federal funds to any state that allows any sanctuary for illegals.
That ought to clear things up.
So then keep the ones who pay taxes and deport all of them who are collecting some sort of benefits? If you change that a little to make those that are paying taxes also start paying back those benefits they collected while illegal and agree to not collect any benefits, such as EITC, for 10 years after, I think I can go with that.
90% of Mexicans don’t fit that profile. Deport them now, and watch La Raza, the Catholic Bishops, and the media squeal.