From everything I gather, Newt’s stance is very close to what Palin endorsed. Many in the PDS brigade slammed that as ‘pro amnesty.
The thing that they then and the pro-Obama crew today faol to grasp (due to an inability or unwillingness to think critically) is that the plan results in practically no actual citizenship given to current illegals.
The key point is that they go to the back of the line.
Now look HONESTLY at that line. It is an ever growing line filled with tens if not hundreds of thousands of people across the globe who are applying for citizenship the right/legal way.
And as new people get in that line every day, they do so AHEAD of the illegals at the back. Over and over.
The end result is that until people stop trying to come to America, the illegals at the back will never make it to the front.
The fact of the matter is that Newt, like Palin before, neutralizes the Dems ‘you hate immigrants’ By in fact providing a very real ‘path to citizenship’ that they scream and demagogue for. It’s just that the path takes longer to walk than the lifespan of the illegal on it.
Legal immigrants don’t have that problem. They come just fine like they always have.
And in the mean time, the rest of the things are put into play. A fence, deportation, laws that leave illegals without work, a place to live, state bennies etc.
I’m not seeing a problem here.
“And in the mean time, the rest of the things are put into play. A fence, deportation, laws that leave illegals without work, a place to live, state bennies etc.”
Gingrich is going to do all of these things? Or is he saying he will do all of these things, while at the same time, talking a different tune out of the other side of his mouth to our Latin voters. Sorry for the cynicism, but I have seen ZERO evidence of any politician trying to do any of these things.
He explained his steps for citizenship on one of the debates. It seems very fair.
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No you’re dead wrong on this.
Newt plans system that can be gamed infinitely so that what he thinks will happen does not resemble the actual results at all.
For example he has talked about granting citizenship to people who have been in the country for 25 years...but he’s going to leave the final decision to local authorities.
If the final decision is left to the local authorities—then what will happen is that in counties that are 90% spanish speaking and 40% illegal alien—all the illegals will be granted citizenship.
These counties will become gateway counties from other countries. Once illegals arrive they will be granted citizenship.
The problem is that granting citizenship is the job of the sovereign. That’s the feds. Either they do the job or they willfully crack up the country.