MSNBC Interview
.....And then we’ve got to deal with what is 12 to 14 million people here illegally. And I hear the voices on the Republican side. I hear them in the broadcast media calling for deportation, round them up. And whenever I hear that, Brian, I say, “Fine, you tell me how we will do that.”........
It would take more than $200 billion to fund that kind of intrusive privacy shredding event that I think Americans would never stand for. And what I wanna do is to say let’s get real here. These people need to be brought out of the shadows and registered. If they’ve committed a crime here or in the country they came from, they should be deported immediately, no questions asked.
If, however, the vast majority who have worked hard, their kids are in school here, if they wish to have a pass to legalization, they’ve got to meet some tough conditions. They do have to pay a fine because they came here illegally. They did break the law. They have to pay back taxes. It might take years but they’ve got to make amends there. They have to begin to try to learn English. And we’ve got to do more to help them to try to learn English......
But once they are registered and once they sign on to these conditions we have imposed, they will become legal so that employers will not be able to exploit them or, frankly, undercut the job market and prevent Americans who are here legally from having these jobs. I don’t see any alternative. And that’s what I will work for immediately upon becoming President.
How Hillary Clinton would deal with U.S. illegals
as an earlier poster says, what did her husband do in his 8 years? why pick out Bush?
I wasn't aware that the President of the U.S. consulted his/? spouse when making decisions. I've omitted her since there hasn't been a male spouse as yet! In the 21st C it's hard to believe such antiquated notions still prevail to take down any woman with the ability above all else, plus the guts and gumption to stand up and be counted. If she's weepy - she's 'emotional' and if she's tough she's 'an iron lady'. How can a woman win against that kind of bias? BTW I don't wear rose coloured spectacles when it comes to objectively assessing or criticising any woman who stands for election or public office.Originally Posted by Madisona
strange however that nothing much was done during the eight years that her husband was President
Agreed. Hillary has a plan so here's hoping she gets the chance to implement it.Originally Posted by redstar
Deportation is just populist rhetoric which might go down well with the mob,..
I think she would too. It's obviously a much bigger issue for people from Mexico and Cuba. Seasoned politicians tend to steer clear of the thornier issues in general I think. Hillary says she'll "roll up her sleeves" and I think "no better woman" even though she hasn't got the sex appeal of Bill or Obama and isn't a smarmy type eitherOriginally Posted by shesells
And let's face it, she'd actually do something.
the people in low paid jobs with children would struggle to repay taxes and a fine.
Is their system anything like ours where employers have to pay taxes towards revenue such as prsi etc ? What about the employers who knowingly hired illegals therefore being just as guilty under American law, also repaying their taxes or also paying a fine ? Just curious.
I wasn't aware that the President of the U.S. consulted his/? spouse when making decisions.
I can't quote chapter and verse but my memory is that there have been quite a few "amnesties" for Irish illegals e.g. Donnolly Visas and maybe other lotteries; so, we haven't done too badly playing the "Irish" card and likely will again if a Democratic President is elected in the U.S.
There is a federal minimum wage in America but most states have a minimum wage which is higher.
The more I see of Hilary Clinton the less I like her. To me she seems to be a cold manipulative political animal. She trades on the experience she acquired by osmosis when her husband. This just doesn't wash.
I don't get why illegals in America are poor exploited souls whereas illegals in this country are scumbags who are screwing the system, or (shock!) do we pontificate too much? Our double standards never fail to amaze me...
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To me she seems to be a cold manipulative political animal.
The thread is about Hillary, that's why I commented on her. She is trying to project a JFK like image. I don't buy it.I love the idealism of people when it comes to attacking her of all politicians (and believe me, I'm no lover of Hillary Clinton, I believe in attacking them all equally).
Get real. There is not a leading politician alive today, nor has there ever been, who has not been a 'cold manipulative political animal'.
These people don't just 'fall' into high office, they usually spend their lives targetting it and using all means necessary to get there. Perhaps others have been better in the past at disguising it though.
Cynical but probably true. Seems to me all the candidates are playing the Martin Luther King card. So contentious was colour 40 years ago that both MLK and BobbyK were assassinated, so let's get real on that issue too. At that time in a lot of states, schools were segregated and the same applied on buses. Black children had to be bussed to schools under armed guard. On that basis aren't the non-white U.S. citizens best qualified to judge whether or not Hillary C. is jumping on a bandwagon? I'm happy to leave it to them to decide.Originally Posted by Sherman
Get real. There is not a leading politician alive today, nor has there ever been, who has not been a 'cold manipulative political animal'.
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