Rep. King denounces Gingrich immigration plan as 'amnesty

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[Fred]

Influential congressman Steve King (R-Iowa) said Wednesday that presidential candidate Newt Gingrich's immigration plan was a "form of amnesty" and that he disagreed with it, adding to the chorus of critics from the right.

In Tuesday's GOP foreign policy debate, Gingrich said he would support an immigration policy that would allow illegal immigrants who had lived in the United States for a long time, obeyed the law, and paid their taxes to become permanent residents.

“I do not believe that the people of the United States are going to take people who’ve been here for a quarter of a century … [and] separate them from their families and expel them,” Gingrich said. “I do believe we should control the border. I do believe we should have very severe penalties.”

He went on to say that he believed his policy to be the "humane" one.

[magna carta]

Remeber...one ACLU lawsuit will have them voting in no time flat. NEWT the DECEIVER.

[G Larry]

Go back and read the plan, as he addresses those questions.

[moehoward]

Roger that. No question the law is showing results in both AZ and AL.

[Windflier]

Always, watch what a man DOES rather than what he says, particularly in Election Seasons, and particularly when it comes to career politicians.

You'd think that conservatives, of all people, would do that automatically. Sadly, it's apparent that even many in our camp are not immune to a well delivered campaign spiel, and are willing to close their eyes to our candidates' records.

[Waryone]

You read # six and keep dreaming that it’s not amnesty. Oh and I have found that Newt voted for the first amnesty, sabotaged and tried to outright kill e-verify. This is just a continuation policy for him. Anyone who imagines that Newt has anything other than open borders in store for this country is delusional. Newt will go all the way for his open borders CFR/Soros one world! And you Newt lovers will be skip and laugh to the piper’s tune all the way there with him.

[Theodore R.]

As a freshman, he joined GA Jimmy to support the creation of the popular U.S. Department of Education. At the time, he was the only or maybe one of two Republicans in the GA delegation.

[Lady Lucky]

http://www.newt.org/solutions/immigration

[Fred]

Cain retakes lead

http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/obama-romney-poll-gingrich/2011/11/24/id/419068?s=al&promo_code=D969-1

[old republic]

What Newt proposed is amnesty by definition.

Actually what Gingrich proposed is much worse than Amnesty. Amnesty simply forgets the crime without any punishment. An amnesty would be something like if the US government said leave and we won't prosecute you. This is not what Newt seems to be suggesting.

What Newt is actually proposing is that illegal aliens be rewarded for breaking the law. Illegal Aliens actually come out with a benefit that they wouldn't have had if they had obeyed the law.

[G Larry]

“...open borders CFR/Soros one world...”

If you hurry you may be able to catch some Black Friday sales on tin foil!

[Waryone]

Maybe you can explain to everyone why it is that people like you come to a conservative site to extol a liberal idea.

Are you being paid? Are you having a mental breakdown? Are you CFR or have you always been a liberal and have just decided to show yourself now? Because there is no sign of conservatism in this illegal pandering.

Maybe you and Newty will be able say hello to Georgie at the next CFR meeting.

[G Larry]

You could get a clue by checking my membership date, which is actually off by a few years due to establishing a new account.
Pro-Life
Pro-2a
40 years in Defense industry
enlisted at 17, during nam
Pro-Israel
Reagan Republican
Laffer educated in economics

If you’d ever been part of a large organization, you’d understand the notion of any group like CFR reaching a consensus on how to manage lunch, is a bridge too far.

What’s your “workable solution” to the illegal immigrant problem?

[Borax Queen]

As soon as I read the lies about Beck, I thought they must have come straight from the SPLC America-hating infiltrators. Just the very way it was worded. Glad you called it out.

[Waryone]

I asked you a question. How does someone who says they are conservative fall for such liberal anti-sovereignty, anti-taxpayer, open borders proposals?

My workable solution:

1. elect a president who believes in the sovereignty of the US and will defend its borders with fences, troops, and whatever else it takes against invasion.

2. defend our borders

3. enforce the laws currently on the books. No catch and release. Incarcerate and deport as you find illegals in our country.

4. Make e verify mandatory with with fines and whistleblower rewards.

5. Allow the states to assist enforcement of the laws currently on the books.

6. No more sanctuary cities.

7. The Eisenhower plan.

It really is no where near as complicated as the elites want to make it seem. It only becomes complicated when you are trying to put something over on the voters that is not supported by the voting public. Trying to hide and trick them into something they don’t want is very complicated. The same cheap worker loving corporate opposition and open borders political opposition that existed in Eisenhower’s time exists today. It will take very determined people to dig those entrenched groups out. They were neutralized before, and they can be neutralized again. But coddling won’t do it and neither will reaching across the aisle.

[Politicalmom]

I didn’t notice any of them complaining about the dozens of articles about PHONY charges against Cain.

[presently no screen name]

And Mr. King's plan is????

That's what I'm scrolling down for because it's not in the article. It doesn't take much to criticize, I want to see if he has 'anything' to offer - like a plan.

What drives me nuts is Mitt who says things that we already know like... we must secure the border (DUH!) and nothing about a plan for those who are here already or how he would secure it. He says nothing - he plays it safe - just things we already know like....what we need is to get this nation working again. And the sheep go. Yippy! And as a businessman I know how to do that! Yippy! And then we are told he won the debate. NEVER HOW - some take it as it's already done.

Like MB when Santorum was putting the heat on Mitt regarding Romneycare. MB cuts Santorum off and says Obamacare is going to be repealed - IOW, case closed on Romneycare and obamacare is STILL alive and well and a very real threat. Sidenote - in July this year, Mitt was campaigning in VA and was in a meeting with a very wealthy businessman who was in healthcare. The article didn't give his name. Anyway he has lot$ of backing and not from the every day slobs. It's not 'We the People' but $pecial interests are backing him for their own intere$t.

[American Constitutionalist]

" Are his 15 minutes of fame up yet? "

Just when expectations couldn't get any lower...

[MaxMax]

Gingrich said he would support an immigration policy that would allow illegal immigrants who had lived in the United States for a long time

What about their families? This isn't about one single Illegal Newt,
and you refuse to explain the whole agenda. This is political BS for
a Race of people. If I were Mexican I would be embarrassed that there
would be a special privilege set asside for just my race illegal or not.!

Another thing about this Agenda is that politicians always say it would take
a mythical Ten years to get the illegal problem under control, well.
Whether it's oil or this matter that number has been used
for 50-years, every year by our arrogant leaders and I'm
sick of hearing excuses for their shortcomings.

They always start with a principal of movement to get the public on board
over any ideal they may have. Then once the public is hornswoggled into
backing "whatever" it gets blown into a giant monster of Governmental control
EPA anyone?

Newt should just lie but It's to late, he's just the flavor of the week.

[presently no screen name]

Formulate a merit based immigration system that brings in the skills and talents to keep us competitive in the global economy;

We have enough skills and talents right here in America. Nothing po's me than that statement. Perhaps if some groups weren't given prefer status in colleges more of Americans can go. I know a smart kid who had to go to medical school outside the country - foreigner students where the flavor at the time.

Reduce immigration levels based on need more closely approximating 300,000 a year;

Give it a rest. It's time to clean up our home FOR OUR CITIZENS - before inviting anyone in. We don't have enough resources (i.e.employment). On hold till, at least, 2014 as we will, also, need all our immigration services to get out those who are illegally here.