Did you actually read the article, or better yet, go to the transcript?
“My position is: Secure the border for real. Promote the path to citizenship that already exists. The problem is the bureaucracy in getting people here legally. Now then the fourth — the way I would deal with those that are already here, which has been my stated position, empower the states to deal with the illegals that are already here. Not some big grandiose national one-size-fits-all.”
The Feds to empower the states (help them) deal with those here already. Nothing in it about allowing states to grant amnesty or path to citizenship outside the legal paths already established.
Every time he tried to state something about the states deciding how best to round them up, or deal with them within the law, Crowley tried to call that allowing amnesty, to Cain’s protestations that Crowley was not understanding what he was saying.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1111/27/sotu.01.html
that is EXACTLY what Cain said.
All of this is just desperation on the Newt supporters part to try and paint Cain as weak on immigration too, when nothing could be further from the truth.
Nice try Newties.
Thank you..