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NAPLES, FL -- Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich defended his immigration policy after days of criticism from other GOP contenders – reiterating that he does not support amnesty -- on Friday night before his largest crowd yet on the campaign trail. "I am not for amnesty for anyone. I am not for a path to citizenship for anybody who got here illegally," Gingrich told the crowd of roughly 750 people, many of whom were forced to stand in the hallway........... "I think the vast majority [of illegal immigrants] will go home and should go home and then should reapply. I do...

Reacting to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s comment during Tuesday night’s CNN debate that the GOP should not “destroy families” with inflexible immigration policies, former Senator and fellow Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum told The Daily Caller that the Republican party should offer “no hint or promise of amnesty.”

The big theme out of Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate in Washington was Newt Gingrich's compassionate stance towards illegal immigrants who have put down deep roots in the U.S. That position by Gingrich, who has recently surged to join Mitt Romney at the head of the Republican field according to recent polls, conflicted with the more hardline views of many conservative voters. Many of those GOP voters who will decide their party's nominee oppose allowing illegal immigrants to remain in the U.S., period. The immediate question for Gingrich was, after boldly defending his position that illegal aliens who've lived in...

One of the biggest topics of discussions coming out of the CNN/Heritage debate is the few minutes through which Newt Gingrich clarified his stance on those here illegally for longer than those who recently broke the law. The discussion was one of the lengthier topics and pitted Michele Bachmann and Newt Gingrich at strong odds on the issue. The portion of the discussion Gingrich is taking heat for is the point when he openly advocates for amnesty for those in the country illegally for 25 years or longer. He then makes a statement claiming those who came here legally are...