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Posted on 11/18/2011 2:18:25 PM PST by mdittmar
Herman Cain once again walked back his joke about building an electrified fence along the U.S.-Mexico border, telling Univision in an interview that the comment “wasn’t intended to offend” Latinos.
Then Cain outlined a border policy he supports – relying on state-level initiatives to control illegal immigration – and specifically praised the Arizona and Alabama immigration laws that Latinos loathe:
SANDRA PEEBLES: Mr. Cain, many Latinos were offended by your comment on the electric fence. I understand that you support legal immigration, but regardless of the fact there are 11 million undocumented people in this country. What do we do with them?
HERMAN CAIN: We do several things. First, if I offended somebody with the comment I apologize. It wasn't intended to offend. And the other thing that I would say is, it wasn't directed at people that are already here. The last time I checked nobody was sneaking out of America. They sneak into America. Now, first we clean up the bureaucracy for legal immigration. It's too cumbersome. It's bureaucratic. We can fix that. It doesn't utilize technology the way it should to make it easier for people to come through the front door - which I wholeheartedly endorse. Secondly, the way we deal with the illegals that are already here - empower the states. The federal government is incapable of solving that problem for the 11 to 12 million illegals that are here. I would defer to the states, just like Arizona is trying to do something. Alabama, Georgia, they've all passed laws to begin to deal with it, to try to make it easier for employers to hire legal residents here. To make it easier for employers to help people become legal. That's how we approach the problem.
I’m not sure whether that’s one step forward, one step back, for Cain and Latino voters, or something less helpful than that.
Do legal residents and citizens of Hispanic descent think it’s OK when the get burglarized, beaten and raped by an illegal alien invader as long as he is also Hispanic?
Why would Latinos be offended by an electrified fence - unless they are entering the country illegally!
If you go to any Port of Entry on the border, there is a wide open portal with no electric fences. All you have to do is stop with the nice CBE person standing there and tell him a few things.
If you are a Latino worried about an electric fence, you are an illegal and a criminal. Get the hell out of here.
No apologies are needed for lawbreakers.
I don’t give a smelly Obama if they are offended.
I’ll apologize to any ILLEGAL who is here and leaves their house unlocked for me to come in and take what I like.
Politico, shove it up your own smelly Obama...and take a deep breath while you are there.
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“To make it easier for employers to help people become legal.”
Wish we could retitle these articles. Ugh.
How about, “Cain stands behind Arizona and Alabama!”
Who exactly decided that “WALK BACK” is now the only suitable synonym for “to clarify”, or “to explain one’s ideas in greater detail”, or “to clear up misunderstandings caused by a particular choice of words”?
Everyone in the media has adopted “walk back” and other than saying he didn’t intend to offend anyone, I don’t see Mr. Cain’s clarification about how he would address this problem deserves to be called “walking back”.
The media just pisses me off.
“What does this mean? Path to citizenship?”
Everyone who comes legally is on the path to citizenship, if they work and stay in the country long enough.
What Cain is talking about is making it easier for those who are qualified to get green cards, and get work permits so that they can come to America ready to hit the ground running.
Rather than rewarding people for breaking the law, you reward people for obeying the law and doing the right thing.
Ah, got it. I also believe allowing them to enter the military as a path as well.
Guess you will have to read the Arizona,Alabama and Georgia laws.
At least we know who the real conservative is by how they are willing to ‘shape the narrative’, per se.
Not much point right now...most everything is tied up at the federal level..
“To make it easier for employers to help people become legal.”
I see, so Cain really is okay with the hiring illegals... as long as the employer helps the illegal....... become legal.
Maybe I don’t understand him-—my brain hurts.
did you mean hit the ground running as in running from the immigration...
running and illegal immigrants made me laugh...
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Cain talking out both sides of his mouth, AGAIN!
Way to go, Herman! LOL
When someone comes into my home and I don't want them there, I usually place the in front of the door facing the way they came in and then boot them in the ass. It's not rocket science.
SO Reagan Man— who is your candidate? Is badmouthing Cain helping him or her?
“I see, so Cain really is okay with the hiring illegals... as long as the employer helps the illegal....... become legal.
Maybe I don’t understand him-—my brain hurts.”
I don’t see how people who enter the country legally should be considered illegals.
What he’s saying is that people who America wants to have here to work, and because they are qualified, should be able to do so with less red tape and bureaucracy. Again, you reward people for doing the right thing and obeying rather than disobeying the law.
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