Originally Posted by RichieLion

I'm not that troubled by his comment. A lot of people feel the same way about long time illegals who've built a life here. You have to know that no one is deporting the people Newt's talking about. If they have made a life here on their backs and, not ours, I would be open to some sort of amnesty, but we've got to control our borders from here on in, and the leeches have got to go.

I could live with it if there were a time frame written in stone, say 25 years as he suggested, but I feel they will let them all slide. We'll see. At least he hasn't flipped yet.

Richie, that sounds as though might be a flip-flopper. You are basically saying if an illegal immigrant works hard in America for 20-25 years, you would be willing to say he can stay - but not as a citizen? How about 15-19 years and a hard worker? 10 - 14 years is a maybe?

What about a person (US Citizen) who escaped from a chain gang 20 years ago for a minor theft of bread and milk and is caught in a freak chance thing? They have been leading a perfect life for 20 years. Do you send them back to the chain gang?

When I was working, we said that consistency was the most important part of our work. How do you feel about being consistent with the groups?

Originally Posted by buggyone

Richie, that sounds as though might be a flip-flopper. You are basically saying if an illegal immigrant works hard in America for 20-25 years, you would be willing to say he can stay - but not as a citizen? How about 15-19 years and a hard worker? 10 - 14 years is a maybe?

What about a person (US Citizen) who escaped from a chain gang 20 years ago for a minor theft of bread and milk and is caught in a freak chance thing? They have been leading a perfect life for 20 years. Do you send them back to the chain gang?

When I was working, we said that consistency was the most important part of our work. How do you feel about being consistent with the groups?

Hard to be consistent. It's a case by case thing in my view. When Reagan caved to amnesty while President he was promised many things that were subsequently reneged on by Democrats. I don't know an easy answer.

It easy to just be righteous and say "kick them all out!". It ain't gonna happen. We need to be realistic and deal with the problem we have and eliminate future border infractions without penalty.

I don't think it's ever going to be done because Democrats see illegals as a political asset.