“Make it impossible for shady employers to hire illegals, get rid of birthright citizenship for the children of illegals, and deny them benefits.”
Isn’t that what he said?
Gingrich floated the idea Thursday that credit card companies could be tasked with creating ID cards that track workers’ legal status.
“Let’s find someone who actually knows what they’re doing,” he said. “It should be possible for any employer, anyone in the United States, as fast as you swipe your ATM card to get cash, to swipe a card to know whether or not they’re able to hire you.”
A possible presidential candidate, Gingrich stressed that his target of establishing an entirely legal work force is "not a call for amnesty." Rather, he said, it's about applying common sense to the immigration debacle.
Common sense here used in the same context of "common-sense" gun laws. Meaning what is being proposed is anything but.
If you don't want deportation, don't mention self-deportation but say all workers should be legal, guess what? You're in McCain's never-never land where amnesty isn't actually amnesty.