I think Newts plan has several good componets ... 1) it is actionable ... not just pablum for those looking for sound bites.
The first step is secure the border! What is wrong with that?
The second step is create a guest worker program. This addresses a lot of the agri-need for illegals. They can come for the season, work, then they go home. It keeps us from having apples that cost $10 each.
The third step is now what to do about those who are here. No place in his plan are they getting citizenship ... they may get permission to stay, but that is not citizenship. Most will be forced to leave immediatly.
The real question is, what is actually wrong with this plan, and who is proposing a better idea? On other threads they have even pointed to the fact that Sarah and Cain have both said basically the same thing.
Well there you have it..pretty clear in my book...and Newt’s very much open for suggestions as to what might be pitfalls in the plans..he wants to know what’s workable and what’s not and why.
Guest worker program when we have double digit unemployment all over the country?
I dare you right now to go find me one community in California, Texas, Arizona or New Mexico that has a large illegal community and full employment or a labor shortage.
The truth is that most communities with massive amounts of illegals have above average unemployment rates.
Go look at the numbers before you spew such nonsense.
Lastly, politicians lie and they lie about the illegal problem more than anything else.
Anytime there is a regularization of legals it will lead to citizenship for them, because the Democratic Party, the ACLU, La RAZA will scream taxation without representation until they are blue in the face and will use every civil rights law and the 14th Amendment to make sure they do become citizens.
Do you know how you solve the problem?
The solution is simple.
Enforce the law that the federal government refuses to enforce and the illegals will stop flouting it.