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Palin on Borders:

Palin on Amnesty: Amnesty

As governor, how do you deal with them? Do you think they all should be deported?
There is no way that in the US we would roundup every illegal immigrant -there are about 12 million of the illegal immigrants- not only economically is that just an impossibility but that's not a humane way anyway to deal with the issue that we face with illegal immigration.

Do you then favor an amnesty for the 12 or 13 million undocumented immigrants?
No, I do not. I do not. Not total amnesty. You know, people have got to follow the rules. They've got to follow the bar, and we have got to make sure that there is equal opportunity and those who are here legally should be first in line for services being provided and those opportunities that this great country provides.

To clarify, so you support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants?
I do because I understand why people would want to be in America. To seek the safety and prosperity, the opportunities, the health that is here. It is so important that yes, people follow the rules so that people can be treated equally and fairly in this country.

Palin is parsing words. She is trying to appear against amnesty while allowing illegal aliens to remain in this country. The existing rules per the Federal Immigration and Nationality act require illegals to be deported but Palin doesn't like thos rules so she wants to ignore them. Also, what of all the thousands of foreigners waiting to enter this country legally? They suddenly would get pushed to the back of the line with Palin's approach. She couldn't be more disingenuous.

TY for adding that. I saved it in my Palin file.

She has to explain how tough she wants that path to citizenship to be. There is room for Sarah to get tough, or to balance toughness with humane enforcement. On the other hand, you might be right. We need to nail her down on this issue.

On the other hand, perhaps she has given the issue more thought. A flipflop is a quick turnaround. I’ll even give McCain the benefit of the doubt — he might be seeing the snow and believing what he sees. But he’s not a visionary. And Palin is not exactly perfect on her immigration position now, clearly.