She wouldn't give any hint of how many people she would put on the border or how the fence would be "completed."
2. Give illegals a time period to register their presence.
Register to stay. Amnesty.
3. Those who do not register will be deported.
If we can't deport anyone now, how will we be able to deport anyone then? Makes no sense.
4. Regarding those who register, anyone here must be employed.
They need a green card to work. Is Palin proposing to automatically issue a green card to every illegal who asks for one?
Registration is not the same thing as amnesty.
Wrong. How is it different?
She referenced the number of American citizens who are currently unemployed and stated that Americans must have the first opportunity to fill those jobs.
What does that mean? How would that work?
5. She did not support amnesty.
Any illegal alien who files for amnesty gets to stay. Any illegal alien who registers to stay gets to stay.
Same thing.
It is ridiculous to think you will get an explicit plan from anyone in a 5 minute interview.
She could have referenced her explicit plan. Oh, wait, there isn't one.
Yes, that level of detail is certainly needed from a person who isn't running for President and wouldn't serve for another 30 months if she was elected, especially in a few minutes of TV interview time with a blowhard who will barely let her talk.
You remind me of the President saying "Where are their ideas for health care," when Republicans dared suggest his plan didn't rock hard. Moreover, you're trying to have it both ways. You and your crowd don't have to name anyone you might support because they're not running yet, but a politician who is also not running yet has to have a completely detailed immigration plan, down to the composition and number of military forces and the exact length of building projects and timelines for mass deportation.
Registration is not amnesty. She did not say anything about registering equating to staying. Registering is saying “I am here.” She absolutely did not say all persons registering would get to stay.
Yes, she did say anyone who had entered illegally had to be working to stay here, but given the unemployment rate, Americans needed the first chance at the jobs. You asked how would that work. I can think of several ways, and I’ll be sure and send my suggestions to Governor Palin.
My grandfather had a relative come to America at the same time he did. My grandfather was single, but his relative brought his family with him. One of their children did not pass the health inspection on Ellis Island so the mother went back home with the children. The father stayed here, worked, sent money home and visited when he could. Years later, when his work was over, he went back home. We have had standards before. Registration provides a means to apply those standards. Registering is not necessarily amnesty and a path to citizenship. It can merely mean you can stay here and work for “x” amount of time.
And as many troops as it takes means as many troops as it takes. And completing the fence means completing the fence.