“There is simply no way a politician could practically pull off 100% deportation... it would never get through Congress”
...ahhh, what say does Congress have about deporting Illegals.
As far as I know, the laws are in place ALREADY. It’s just a matter have having the Justice Department (and INS) start ENFORCING them.
Congress is only needed for crap like Amnesty...and then only until the courts deem Amnesty on the nation (which is why many of us want them OUT NOW).
Sure, but Newt also wants to improve other aspects of immigration, for example, fraud-proof identification of non-citizens run by private companies. He has to have all-around buy-in of the overall plan in order to get any other improvements passed.
Meanwhile, if Newt ignores Congress and public opinion, which sadly is not 100% conservative on this issue, enforcing by executive powers with absolutely zero exceptions, he pretty much guarantees he would lose to the Dem nominee in 2016. I don't like that, but that's the way it is.
Obamacare is a prime example of the political folly in governing against the majority of public opinion. Conservatives aren't going to win on this issue as long as independents/moderates side with the liberals. And currently they do. I'm glad Newt isn't committed to political suicide as president, though ironically, he may have just committed political suicide in terms of getting the nomination.
8 USC § 1324. Bringing in and harboring certain aliens contains:
(A) Any person who—All it would take would be for a new President to issue orders to the DOJ, and for Federal Marshals to arrest the mayor and city council of any town that declares itself a "sanctuary city" and put them on trial facing 5 years PER COUNT, and this nonsense stops real fast.[snip]
(iii) knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, conceals, harbors, or shields from detection, or attempts to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection, such alien in any place, including any building or any means of transportation;
...[shall] be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both;