Posted on 09/25/2015 9:47:22 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum vowed Friday to pursue immigration policies that protect American workers, while warning voters that some of his GOP rivals have embraced a much softer approach to the issue. Mr. Santorum, the runner-up in the 2012 Republican nomination battle, urged the crowd that converged on a hotel in Washington, D.C., for the annual Values Voter Summit to recognize that a couple of the speakers before him Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz have previously supported amnesty for illegal immigrants. You have a lot of people that come up here and talk about how tough they are, but they actually support amnesty. The speaker just before me running for president, he will tell you how tough he is, Mr. Santorum said, alluding to Mr. Cruz. He offered an amendment to allow people to stay in this country indefinitely. To me, that is amnesty. Mr. Santorum has struggled to gain a foothold in national polling and is running near the back of the pack. With that as a backdrop, the 57-year-old has staked a lot in the immigration debate. He also has touted the conservative record he compiled in Congress, including authoring legislation aimed at changing the leadership of the Iranian government. Mr. Santorum served in the House from 1991 to 1995 and in the Senate from 1995 to 2007 when he lost his re-election bid to Democrat Bob Casey Jr. by a 59 percent to 41 percent margin.
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They just have a Visa to work at a particular company; they are not immigrating to the USA. Somebody is jerking your chain.
And if they have a kid while working here?
This increase is necessary thanks to our abysmal public education system that prioritizes crap such as gender and African-American studies over real degrees that are needed now.
Well, he hasn't said we shouldn't build a Death Star either so he probably is for it.
I was looking for something started by a FReeper.
I think some posters who were affected by the plan.
It wasn’t very long. I was just looking to see if it was still active.
Thank you for trying though.
Cruz supports increasing H-1B visas for high-demand positions needed now. He is not increasing your run-of-the-mill tech jobs.
I support Cruz but H1Bs not at all.
Do you people ever listen to yourselves?
< advice >It is OK to be for Cruz, but trying to defend the H-1B visa travesty in the process of supporting Cruz is not a good tactic. He is wrong on that issue, actually terrible on that issue. Move on. < /advice>
Yes he could have: Executive Order. Aka Obama’s favorite thing in the whole world.
Not true. Refuted with several links. Please listen to the interview.
Watch the interview. He did come out against it at the very beginning.
Why are FReepers suddenly taking Megyn’s word for something?
“Why are FReepers suddenly taking Megyns word for something?”
I disagreed with her lying premise.
What pope worship article?
Say gNight Rick
Mathematically almost all of them would be in single digits.
Still, one or two aren't, wonder why?
Hey Rick ... Keep Kissing Obama’s rear end, smells the same as Boehner’s... Mc Turtle’s, Pelosi’s and Reid’s
Grow a flavor saver because they are all fixin to go away
RUN on THAT RECORD
Well, he hasn't said we shouldn't build a Death Star either so he probably is for it.
So you are saying that because he hasn't said deport them all, then he really means he will deport them all. Cool </s>
Santorum is actually right on this.
I forgot that Santorum was even in the race! LOL
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