If they can’t answer that, then we need to move on.

Howell with Huckabee, Bolling with Romney, and Kilgore with Rudy. That just leaves McDonnell who needs to have his own candidate now….looks like he’s going to Fred-town.

“The talk must stop. We must secure our borders now. A nation without secure borders is no nation at all. It makes no sense to fight terrorists abroad when our own front door is left unlocked. This is my six point plan:

Physically secure our borders and coastlines. We must do whatever it takes to control entry into our country before we undertake complicated immigration reform proposals.

Enforce visa rules. Immigration officials must track visa holders and deport anyone who overstays their visa or otherwise violates U.S. law. This is especially important when we recall that a number of 9/11 terrorists had expired visas.

No amnesty. Estimates suggest that 10 to 20 million people are in our country illegally. That’s a lot of people to reward for breaking our laws.
No welfare for illegal aliens. Americans have welcomed immigrants who seek opportunity, work hard, and play by the rules. But taxpayers should not pay for illegal immigrants who use hospitals, clinics, schools, roads, and social services.

End birthright citizenship. As long as illegal immigrants know their children born here will be citizens, the incentive to enter the U.S. illegally will remain strong.

Pass true immigration reform. The current system is incoherent and unfair. But current reform proposals would allow up to 60 million more immigrants into our country, according to the Heritage Foundation. This is insanity. Legal immigrants from all countries should face the same rules and waiting periods.”

Unfortunately, I’m afraid that if and when that person bubbles up and decides to join in the fray, the leftists and the left leaning moderates, those who favor wealth redistribution, national health care, tax-funded pre-school and “not all Muslims are bad, so don’t worry about terrorism” will not allow it. Our country is in crisis at the moment!

We want a pro-sovereignty, pro-LEGAL immigration president who will not be content to sit back and wait to sign legislation he promised to support in his campaign, but will lead the way with a come hell or high water kind of vigor.

I want a president who will have the same passion for stopping illegal immigration as President Bush had for passing the Amnesty bill.

Governor Huckabee risks political fortunes to denounce immigration raid
Date: Thursday, August 18 @ 21:19:38 CDT
Topic: immigration and customs enforcement

You can forget the run for President now Governor Mike Huckabee

LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Gov. Mike Huckabee says he’s not afraid of risking his political future by speaking out against a recent immigration raid at an Arkadelphia poultry plant even though calls to his office have been “about 1,000 to one” against his stance.

Governor Mike Huckabee, sellout, pro-illegal immigration, illegal, immigrants, Legal Americans, campaigns, Republican, Democrat

By MELISSA NELSON
Associated Press Writer
August 5, 2005

“Most of the people that call are irate and using profanity. This is a very emotional issue. It evokes not only deep emotion, but causes irrational emotion,” Huckabee told The Associated Press on Friday.

The move has strengthened support for the governor among national Hispanic civil rights advocates and could bode well for a Republican leader of the National Governors Association with presidential ambitions.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents arrested 119 illegal workers July 26 in the raid at a Petit Jean poultry plant, sending 107 out of the country either voluntarily or through deportation. The raid drew the ire of many in the community because about 30 children were left behind when their parents were arrested.

The governor’s office has joined with the Mexican Consulate in Dallas, Catholic Charities and the League of United Latin American Citizens to ensure the well-being of the children.

Huckabee, a Baptist minister, said his support for the state’s growing Hispanic population has to do with compassion, not politics. But longtime University of Arkansas at Little Rock political science professor Art English said there could be a political upside for Huckabee.

“It seems like immigration is not the most popular issue in the world to take a stand on but we are talking about kids,” English said. “It looks like the federal government is being a great bully and these people are not committing great crimes. The outcome is these people don’t have their mom or dad.”

Friday, Huckabee said his repeated calls to Immigration and Customs and Enforcement officials about the raid have gone unanswered and he has asked the Bush administration to investigate the circumstances of the raid.

“(Federal agents) seem to be as indifferent in dealing with us as they are in dealing with children,” he said.

Temple Black, spokesman for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in New Orleans, said the office was not avoiding calls from the governor and would be happy to talk with him.

“We are always open to good communications,” he said.

Immigration officials have said they raided the plant after auditing the company’s records. The raid followed the February identity-theft conviction of an Arkadelphia woman who admitted she unlawfully sold identity documents and Social Security cards.

Immigration agents said many workers illegally purchased U.S. birth certificates and Social Security cards, then used the documents to obtain ID cards, bearing their photos, from the state of Arkansas. The cards were used to obtain employment.

Huckabee said he supports the prosecution of the woman involved and does not support illegal immigration but takes issue with the way the raid was conducted.

“How is our government benefiting from an abandoned 1-year-old? I’m thinking as a parent, if I was in that position and my only crime was plucking a chicken to feed my family. I didn’t hurt anyone,” he said. “It would be different if the crime was robbing a bank with a gun or making methamphetamine.”

Hugo Juarez, deputy consul general for the Mexican Consulate in Dallas, called Huckabee a good friend of Mexicans and the Mexican government.

The governor’s pro-immigrant stance was also praised by LULAC president Hector Flores, who called Huckabee’s efforts for the children a testament to progress in racial attitudes.

“I marvel at the changes in a Southern state like Arkansas where the governor actually called out the troops to keep the schools from being integrated in 1957. What a turnaround and especially for it to come from a Republican,” he said.

Huckabee also took an unpopular pro-Hispanic stance earlier this year when he fought for legislation that would have granted in-state tuition and state-funded scholarships to the children of illegal immigrants. The bill failed by a close margin in the last days of the legislative session.

In addition the RNC chairman has just finished reprimanding both Giuliani and Romney for taking a stand (in their minds) against illegal immigration.

I suggest we need to look a little deeper.

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