So how is this going to work? Does an illegal who’s been here 24 yrs admit they’re one yr short, and get deported? If an illegal’s been here 18 yrs, how is it going to be proven they’re seven years short? What motivation does an illegal who’s been here 10 yrs have for either not making a case for the full 25, or else remaining ‘in the shadows’?
Is there some grand index, that tracks where each illegal is and how long they’ve been here? No; there isn’t. The idea that we will just somehow ‘know’ which ones are lying and which ones are laying low—i.e.: not changing their status quo at all—is silly. The plan is useless.
I don’t consider deporting 12 million people to be all that daunting a task. I’m frankly surprised that many do. Once the hammer comes down, most will self-deport (”Self Repatriation” has a certain ring)
It can be done humanely; it can be done logistically. It would create jobs, and simultaneously free up jobs wrongfully taken.
US citizens used to do roofing, concrete, drywall, landscaping, etc. before the invasion.
Who says they would have to? We DO have plenty of candidates telling us they would like to enforce the law. Just because Newt is a quitter, and so are you, doesn’t mean the rest of us are. That’s really all you have to do to solve the problem. It’s a false thing to say “well, you have to deport ALL the illegals, your plan has to be perfect!” Well, no, it doesn’t, we just have to enforce the law, secure the borders, and move on with our lives. FYI, illegals will self-deport once we get serious.
Tancredo: “The so-called Red Card Solution purports to create a new guest-worker program that solves all of our immigration problems...”
So Tancredo has chosen to lie rather than be content having a discussion on the issue.
Nobody EVER claimed it would “solve all of our immigration problems,” and Tancredo is a liar for purporting that anyone did.
Why is it that nobody seems to be able to contest Newt without resorting to lies, fabrications, and/or outright hypocrisy?
And 40% of the estimated 12 to 20 million illegals came here legally and overstayed their visas.