The cost of incarceration and deportation is dwarfed by the social costs of letting illegals stay, be it counted in crime, welfare, or jobs taken and CITIZENS in the unemployment line.
My line in the sand is that whatever you say about gay marriage, whatever you say about abortion, whatever you say about taxes - if you are unwilling to defend America’s borders and citizens from an onslaught of illegal migrants you are NOT A PATRIOT.
Palin has had two and a half years to come out from under McCain’s shadow. On the issue of illegal aliens, she has failed to do so.
Sarah Palin on Illegal Immigration - Dec 2009
Palin: We need to close the borders. They are called illegal aliens for a reason and if they are not going to follow the rules they should not be in our country. It’s pretty simple. I ratcheted that one down to the simple answer because it’s an easier answer than some politicians want it to make it be: you close the borders. You get more agressive about cracking down on the illegal aliens and we take it seriously what our border patrol officers are trying to do.
Sarah Palin says Obama lacks guts on illegal immigration - August 2, 2010
Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin said Sunday that Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) has "the cojones" that President Obama "does not have" to take on illegal immigration.