Thread: Huckabee AMNESTY

From: Gary Bauer
Campaign for Working Families

Date: Monday, December 3, 2007

You Be The Judge!

As Mike Huckabee continues to improve in the polls, his positions on the issues are coming under greater scrutiny. Over the last week, a heated debate has broken out between Huckabee and many of the other candidates over the immigration issue, and particularly the question of providing benefits to the children of illegal immigrants.

On Friday, many of the leading groups fighting illegal immigration blasted Huckabee for his position on the issue. While Governor Huckabee now says he is against amnesty and for secure borders, he continues to raise eyebrows with his defense of scholarships and other taxpayer-funded benefits for illegal aliens.

Since the illegal immigration debate will continue to be a big part of the 2008 campaign, and no doubt a key item on the legislative agenda in 2009, as it has been in Congress for the past few years, I want to get your take on the controversy.

The Facts

When he was governor of Arkansas, Huckabee supported legislation allowing illegal immigrants who had attended Arkansas high schools to participate in a scholarship program to attend college. Huckabee lost that debate, and the bill failed. He also strongly opposed an effort by state Senator Jim Holt, also an ordained Southern Baptist minister, to end taxpayer subsidies
for illegal immigrants in Arkansas and to require proof of citizenship in order to register to vote. Huckabee denounced Holt's legislation as "race baiting" and "demagoguery."


\Huckabee's Argument

Governor Huckabee strongly defends the positions he took as governor on aid
to illegals. He argues that denying illegal immigrant students scholarship
money would be punishing children for what their parents have done. He
says, "my soul will not let me" do that. On ABC News this weekend, when
he
was asked whether or not he would support federal scholarships for
illegal
immigrant students, Huckabee said, "I'm not sure..."

Senate Democrats recently proposed the "DREAM Act," which would have
allowed illegal aliens to receive taxpayer subsidized in-state college
tuition rates that out-of-state American citizens cannot get. The
"DREAM
Act," like other recent immigration "reform" efforts, failed to pass due
to
overwhelming public outrage.

One year ago, Huckabee compared America's response to illegal
immigration
to slavery by remarking, "One of the great challenges facing us is that
we
do not commit the same mistakes with our growing Hispanic population
that
we did with African Americans 150 years ago... I think, frankly, the
Lord is
giving us a second chance to do better than we did before."

http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/arc ... ckabee.php

When Hispanics are brought here in the hold of slave ships I can assure Mr. Huckabee that the rainbow hue of America will rise up against the slave traders and beat them back from our shores. That is a lesson we've already learned. No American will accept that.

Mr Huckabee has a problem in distinguishing between right and wrong that is surprising for a minister. He can't tell an illegal alien from an immigrant. He can't tell a slave, brought here against their will, from an invader sent by a foreign power to suck our economy dry.

His campaign just took money from the (CFR) Counsel Foreign Relations which wants wide open borders...

If you study the candidates. All of them with the exception of Ron Paul which does not stand a chance or Thompson is for illegal immigration.
Some of them have changed their tunes, but that is just until they get elected.
We can not have another ILLEGAL LOVER like George Bush in the White House. We have to look to the Reps, because all of the Dems, want AMNESTY.

Originally Posted by AirborneSapper7

His campaign just took money from the (CFR) Counsel Foreign Relations which wants wide open borders...

Hey..I am aware that he met with the CFR in September - at which time the MSM starting paying a ton of new attention and his polls have been rising..

BUT, what do you mean "His campaign just too money from the CFR....."

What source are you getting at....

Yeah, HUCK is Bush x 2....

Originally Posted by zvenomx

If you study the candidates. All of them with the exception of Ron Paul which does not stand a chance or Thompson is for illegal immigration.
Some of them have changed their tunes, but that is just until they get elected.
We can not have another ILLEGAL LOVER like George Bush in the White House. We have to look to the Reps, because all of the Dems, want AMNESTY.

Are you speaking about top tier. Because Tancredo and Hunter are hugely in opposition to illegal immigration. So, I am assuming you mean top tier. If that is the case, Ron Paul has a better chance than Thompson of winning.

But - I agree. The MSM is firmly in the grip of the CFR and they "will" have their chosen in there... If all else fails, they still have the "diebold" machines to make sure they win.

Unless....

Isn't illegal immigration an issue in Iowas? Where are these people??? Huckabee is the worst on illegal immigration. Anyone who justifies giving the anchor babies a college break is nuts. Our kids can't go state to state without paying higher tuition rates. This is insane! I hate to say it but his problem is the same as Bush's. Their religion is dictating this philosphy. Personally out of all of the reps (that have a chance) I think Thompson, then Romney.

Somebody should educate chuckabee that ILLEGALS ARE NOT A RACE. So how can it be race baiting?

Huckabee is the Jimmy Carter of the Republican Party, 2008.

BrightNail wrote:

If that is the case, Ron Paul has a better chance than Thompson of winning.

How so, isn't Thompson still polling higher than Paul? It would take nothing less than a miracle for Ron Paul to receive the RNC nomination (it's not going to happen).