It will be nice when people stop swallowing the media and opponent hype parroting the sound bite and listen to what he has been outlining as his immigration stance all along - starting with POINT ONE: Close the border.
Anyone whose honest knows there is NO way to deport 12-14 million people, especially in this day and age of bleeding hearts that would tie each and every case up in courts for years.
Newt's plan is to put thousands of troops on the border along with more fencing in the main cross over areas and other viable detection methods. First, he says, is to STOP THE FLOW.
Then you systematically tackle the rest. more recent cross overs, criminals and gang members get deported FAST - no more "catch & release."
Those that have been here for decades, worked and raised families, decent people, can stay BUT - READ WITH COMPREHENSION - Do NOT get citizenship and cannot vote and will be kept track of.
He will move the job of tracking out out gov't hands and put it into outfits that know how to track objects.
English will be the official language of this country.
Of course, honest people can research his web site and read his whole plan. And they can ask other candidest who spout off talking points they think the public wants to hear: "Just what are your step by step plans on immigration?
That alone would cause immediate self-deportation,
especially here in San Diego!
Wow, would I love to see ENGLISH spoken here!!!!
No more bilingual classrooms.
Asians, especially, assimilate fast because they have to.
That might be nice.
But your dilema is how to spin it to those of us who actually watched and listened to the debate and heard every word Newt spoke.
Hmmm....
And here is a news flash to your POINT ONE:
Closing the border is a seperate issue from the granting of amnesty. Don't conflate the two.
Allowing people who broke the law entering and broke the law working here under bogus identities to remain here legally is amnesty no matter how you or anyone else attempts to parse the word.