[tumblindice]

“Newt is NOT for amnesty.”

If it waddles like a duck & quacks like a duck, I say just put it on my bill (said the duck).

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&pageId=375541

“During a CNN debate two weeks ago, Gingrich called for a “humane”
immigration policy that would grant legality for an untold number of illegal
immigrants, something that sounds a lot like amnesty to conservative critics.”

[mmichaels1970]

If it waddles like a duck & quacks like a duck, I say just put it on my bill (said the duck).

Here is what Newt's website says on that:

Congress must charge the Department of Justice to establish a “citizens’ review” process for those here outside the law. It would establish committees to process these cases in individual communities and determine who will continue on this path to legality, and who will be sent home. Congress must define understandable, clear, objective legal standards that will be applied equally during this process. While this process is ongoing, those here outside the law will be granted Temporary Legal Status for a certain, limited period of time until all have had the opportunity to apply and appear in front of committees.

Applicants must first pass a criminal background check, and then the local committees will assess applications based on family and community ties, and ability to support oneself via employment without the assistance of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and other entitlement programs.

The government will rigorously enforce a requirement that all individuals seeking this path to legality must be able to prove that they can independently pay for private health insurance. If an individual cannot prove this, they will lose the ability to stay in the United States.

Furthermore, proficiency in English within a certain number of years, similar to the requirement for naturalization, will be required for anyone who seeks continued legal status in the United States.

Once an applicant has been granted the right to obtain legal status, he or she will have to pay a penalty of at least $5,000.

Moving forward, those who receive this status will have to prove on a regular basis that they can support themselves without entitlement programs and pay for health insurance or else risk the ability to stay in the United States.

I'm still looking hard at his proposals and I really don't think I like the additional bureaucracy of "citizen's review boards" set up by Congress. But it doesn't at all sound like amnesty to me.