The realistic answer for elected officials asked about illegal aliens should be; "We need to get control of our borders first. It does no good to talk about people living here now when anyone in Mexico can acquire that status tomorrow. Once we gain control of our borders then we can talk about all the other implications and permutations of illegal immigration."
“Once we gain control of our borders then we can talk about all the other implications and permutations of illegal immigration.”
Bullseye!
Sine qua non. Talking about amnesty before addressing our porous border is cart before the horse.
Or, you don’t raise sails if you’re shipping water. You bail water and plug the hole.
“We need to get control of our borders first. It does no good to talk about people living here now when anyone in Mexico can acquire that status tomorrow. Once we gain control of our borders then we can talk about all the other implications and permutations of illegal immigration.”
Sounds like what Perry said at the last debate....
Exactly! What happens when politicians talk about any plan that gives illegals any type of legal status it only encourages more and more to come here.
Candidates should stick to how to secure our border, it is a security issue and needs to be done no matter what we decide to do about the illegals in this country, we are importing the cartel war and it is known that smugglers are getting firendly with terrorists.
The liberals and open border supporters love to say “we can’t deport them so we must make them legal” their other favorite is to muddy the water between legal and illegal immigration, and pretend as though there is no legal way for those from other countries to come here to work or live. All of these are simply liberal talking points and conservatives need to be smart enough to recognize that and not include liberal talking points in their own discussions about the border issues.
Many politicians also use vague language- and they do it deliberately in order to pander to the illegals and their supporters without ticking off those that are concerned about the border. We need to be smarter than to fall for it. Make the border itself the issue first and hold politicians feet to the fire on securing the border. If they won’t secure the border they surely won’t be willing to be conservative in the way they deal with illegals already here.