Thread: "On The Immigration Issues" Comparison Between Romney and Gingrich

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Mitt Romney on Immigration

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• Alien employment cards ; not amnesty. (Nov 2011)
• Vetoed in-state tuition; turn off the magnet. (Sep 2011)
• Of course a border fence; of course no free tuition. (Sep 2011)
• Build 2,600-mile fence with enough guards to secure it. (Sep 2011)
• Turn off the magnet that attracts immigrants. (Sep 2011)
• I like legal immigration; let business determine visas. (Aug 2011)
• Immigration practices are upside down: more hi-tech visas. (Mar 2010)
• Ardent proponent of English immersion. (Mar 2010)
• GovWatch: 2005: Called comprehensive reform “reasonable”. (Feb 200
• Deport illegal immigrants in 90 days under the ideal setting. (Jan 200
• Found Z-visa & McCain-Kennedy bill to be offensive. (Jan 200
• FactCheck: Yes, his ads DID accuse McCain of “amnesty”. (Jan 200
• Illegal immigrants should go home eventually. (Dec 2007)
• No mandatory prison term for employers who hire illegals. (Dec 2007)
• AdWatch: Huckabee ok’ed tuition & scholarships for illegals. (Dec 2007)
• FactCheck: Took hard-line on illegals, but only late in term. (Dec 2007)
• Welcome the people who have been standing in line first. (Dec 2007)
• Employers have no means of knowing who’s legal & who’s not. (Dec 2007)
• Avoid chain migration; disallow families from one citizen. (Dec 2007)
• Illegal immigrants shouldn’t get tuition break in schools. (Nov 2007)
• FactCheck: Illegals employed at his home, but by contractor. (Nov 2007)
• AdWatch: No driver’s license & in-state tuition for illegals. (Nov 2007)
• FactCheck: MA state cops never enforced immigration laws. (Nov 2007)
• FactCheck: Took no action against 4 Mass. sanctuary cities. (Nov 2007)
• Reduce federal funding to sanctuary cities. (Sep 2007)
• Z-visa is not technically amnesty; but is in fact amnesty. (Sep 2007)
• FactCheck: NYC never declared itself a “sanctuary city”. (Sep 2007)
• Make America more attractive for legal immigrants. (Aug 2007)
• Priorities: secure border, employer verification, no amnesty. (Aug 2007)
• Enforce the law against 12 million illegals here now. (Jun 2007)
• Proposed Z visa allows illegal aliens to stay in America. (Jun 2007)
• Make English national language; communicate in Spanish too. (Jun 2007)
• McCain’s plan gives special pathway to those here illegally. (May 2007)
• Keep rule barring immigrants from running for president. (May 2007)
• The 12 million illegal immigrants can’t stay forever. (Jan 2006)
• Unfair to allow all illegal immigrants to stay. (Jan 2006)
• Tuition breaks encourage illegal immigration. (Nov 2005)

Newt Gingrich on Immigration

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• Santorum's healthcare stances compared to Newt's. (Jan 2012)
• Review all illegal aliens & if you have no ties, go home. (Nov 2011)
• Illegal aliens born in the US should not be deported. (Nov 2011)
• Sue the federal government for every cent spent on illegals. (Nov 2011)
• Employers should use e-verify for all hires. (Sep 2011)
• Require official English plus American history. (Sep 2011)
• I voted for Reagan's legal guest worker program. (Sep 2011)
• Citizen Boards to decide which immigrants stay and go. (Aug 2011)
• Use National Guard on US-Mexican border. (Jun 2011)
• Deport 55,000 illegal aliens with multiple arrest records. (Dec 2007)
• Elite immigration solution incompatible with American values. (Dec 2007)
• Lax border security lets in terrorists. (Dec 2007)
• Immigrants must learn key values of American history. (Dec 2006)
• Make it harder to sneak in, but easier for guest workers. (Dec 2006)
• 1989: Let Tiananmen students overstay visas. (Jun 1995)
• Irish and Chinese immigrants overcame bigotry; so can blacks. (Jun 1995)

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Mitt Romney on the Issues

Newt Gingrich on the Issues

Unfortunately our choices are very limited. Right now Romney gets my vote.

Originally Posted by MW

Unfortunately our choices are very limited.

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That's both a FACT and a REALITY check

Oh God. Imagine these two on the same ticket. I would call in sick the entire first week of November.