Did Newt Gingrich just flip-flop on immigration?


Newt Gingrich has said that law-abiding, tax-paying illegal immigrant families should not be forcefully kicked out of the US. Now, he's emphasizing the get-tough part of his stance on immigration.

By Brad Knickerbocker, Staff writer / November 26, 2011

Did Newt Gingrich just flip-flop on immigration?

During Tuesday night’s GOP presidential debate, Gingrich got all compassionate-conservative on the country’s 11 million illegal immigrants – more compassionate than conservative, in fact, or so it seemed.

No talk of electrified fences or moats with alligators, as some of his Republican presidential rivals had offered. No promise to “shut downâ€