More On Border Control & Immigration

Newt just released a new white paper on immigration coupled with a recent op-ed in National Review.

We have provided links to both above but here is an excerpt:

There has been a breakdown of will on the part of America’s leaders to control our borders and ensure that new immigrants learn to be American. The thousands of people we now see marching in the streets of U.S. cities over immigration policy is the product of two decades of a fundamentally dishonest immigration system. There are a number of steps we can take to protect the United States from would-be terrorists and criminals while simultaneously making it easier for legal work visa holders to enter the country legally and work here in dignity. These principles include...


1. The borders of the United States must be controlled at the earliest possible time.
2. Immigration policy should be based on the rule of law.
3. Those responsible for facilitating illegal immigration shall be sought, arrested and prosecuted to the full extent of the law, including drug smugglers, human traffickers, and those involved in the creation, distribution, or use of counterfeit documents.
4. A worker visa program should be established.
5. Those families who qualify and wish to become citizens should be helped to patriotically integrate themselves as Americans.
6. The problem of millions of people here in the United States illegally did not happen overnight and we will not correct it overnight.
7. There will be no criminalizing of those who provide humanitarian assistance to those who are living and working here illegally, such as provided by churches or charities.
8. The U.S. immigration bureaucracy must be thoroughly transformed so that it can discharge its duties effectively, quickly, courteously, and humanely.

Read the full white paper here.

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