You know what? I used to think just like the people who are giving me hell and not that long ago. I did some looking into situations around my community and found where some neighborhoods which had been trashed by my white people have been renewed by Latino families. It took some real soul searching on my part to see the whole picture but I also just saw the realistic truth that there can be only limited success in deporting the illegals by deporting the unproductive and welfare illegals as well as the felons, law breakers. We must secure our borders and punish employers who hire illegals.
As we secure the border, we must make an aggressive and serious effort to deport all criminals, gang members, and any other threats to our society as quickly as possible. We must also tap into the ingenuity of the private sector to better validate who is in the United States legally.
Newt opposed the DREAM Act. However, he did agree with part of the legislation which allowed those who came to the United States illegally as children to serve in the U.S. Military to earn their citizenship, just as foreign nationals are today allowed to do the same.
Furthermore, Newt has proposed giving local communities the authority to allow those with long established roots in the neighborhood a legal residency status, but not citizenship. Newt believes local communities are at a better vantage point to determine if those there illegally should stay or go. Under this system, we will send home those with no family or community ties and quickly deport those who have committed criminal and other destructive acts, while providing minimal disruption to families and communities.
Read Newt’s 10 step immigration plan here.