Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich had lots to say about immigration reform in last weeks presidential debate. But what he had to say certainly didn't come without criticism from members of his own party.
According to Gingrich, middle ground needs to be reached where families aren't deported and forced to separate, but that also doesn't allow for them to gain full citizenship in the United States.
He said, "If you've been here 25 years and you got three kids and two grandkids, you've been paying taxes and obeying the law, you belong to a local church, I don't think we're going to separate you from your family, uproot you forcefully and kick you out." He continued backing up his plan and separating himself from his contenders by saying, "I don't see how the party that says it's the party of the family is going to adopt an immigration policy which destroys families that have been here a quarter century," he added later. "And I'm prepared to take the heat for saying, 'let's be humane in enforcing the law without giving them citizenship but by finding a way to create legality so that they are not separated from their families."
Sounds like amnesty to me. It did to Mitt Romney and Michelle Bachmann as well. If illegals come here to live in the United States and know that the government will be merciful at the sight of a young family trying to establish themselves, it will only
The thought of having to take mothers away from their children is devastating and the effects immeasurable, but so is the effects on our nation if we allow these illegals to stay here.
Defending himself against attacks from fellow running mates, Gingrich said there will be lots of illegals that get deported. Sticking with his original plan though, he added that millions of illegals and their families will get to stay.
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