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Former Rep. Tom Tancredo on the importance of border security and how the candidates will approach the issue.
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While back to follow the money Arizona sheriff Joseph Arpaio is famous for his tough stand on the borders and his high profile raids on illegal aliens now he's throwing his badge and his weight behind GOP candidate Rick Perry.
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I'm guessing Colorado's Tom Tancredo former congressman from that state of Colorado thanks for joining us Tom so to do is a favorite.
-- I got into his big is this test with a couple of people I'm on TV with about Newt Gingrich's plan.
To allow some form are out.
He doesn't wanna call it amnesty so they are words say -- -- anywhere I can you explain I I'm trying to figure out.
Who -- giving.
Up past two if you've been here 25 years it is you can stick around -- illegal but you can stay meanwhile.
What does that mean does that mean he's admitted to five years as of right now or if you get to 25 years you hide from the -- long enough you can stay what's the deal with -- you know the plan.
Yeah I I do know of it because actually is a lady here in Colorado by the name of -- -- people who actually put afford.
Some time ago thing kind of thing she owns it.
-- that big riding stable here and employs a lot of illegal aliens has a lot of money.
Influence -- The Heritage Foundation to actually put it forward a couple of years ago.
And so I am quite familiar with -- so so obvious -- to be so if you're here well I hear is you get some sort of red card not your governor red card.
You can't Mobley can stay or does that mean for if you don't want you gotta you you read all -- -- gov what do what he tried to do Eric -- he tried to do.
Was.
Couch a very controversy -- plan in in the most humanitarian terms possible.
And hope that it would the discussion would -- there really I mean silly to hope that but I think that's that he was looking forward to if he could just say.
Look.
People would have been 125 years for heaven's sake they've got Davis stake in the community -- -- and everybody would go well yeah sure that -- the but but he doesn't want to go very much farther in explaining it an answering the questions you bring up how we.
What about the guy that's been here 24 years 23 years 22 years and not only that.
If you came into this country illegally how do you prove when you came in this country -- you -- I think well let me see I think I've got my.
-- utility bill from 25 years ago now because for -- a couple of things probably use an alias most do.
How are they going to prove that the person that I was here 2500 you know it goes on and on and I don't know and -- -- Doug I just got that China can't figure out why was taking heat for saying I think it's a ridiculous plan -- -- look nobody here illegally -- is reducing illegal go back I'm sorry.
You know you have children and I get it there anchor babies they can stay that makes sense you wanna break families up.
You've got to know you have to send me back but they're here illegally you don't have to break up anything.
Who's saying that -- family has to break up if they mother and father came in illegally have to go all they take their kids what that -- -- -- in my saying they have to leave their children behind is the law say you must split up of course not it's idiotic plus.
Here's another thing.
Eric when you think about this why he would do such a thing right now.
I don't -- I think he's trying to present president now before he gets GOP nomination I guess.
Well here here's what I I believe this has happened what's the name of this program we're doing right now.
The follow the money -- -- Betsy -- body follow the money and when you follow the money you what you find out is this.
That in order to get the kind of contributions he needs right now he's going to have to appeal to a business community.
That is not sympathetic to my point of view on immigration.
And and is sympathetic to this well let's let them state because they want to keep the people here they've got.
They wanna maintain open borders because they want cheap labor and those people -- flood his campaign with money now that he isn't -- and all of that the moderate newspapers around the country moderate to liberal.
New Hampshire for instance.
Will will respond by saying what a magnanimous what a what a what a brave thing here was to do this because they -- want the same thing.
They want massive it illegal immigration.
Because they want the cheap labor and you know I and we said -- your million times it's gonna kill Republican Tom -- -- -- to talk about the sheriff Joseph Arpaio Joseph.
Endorsement of Governor Perry for president.
We'll do that another time we ran -- hobbies say today's today's a good day -- a couple of things happen -- -- happen.
Hey listen.
-- -- Who's in our efforts are the tough tough -- on -- with Tivo oh my god and and Barney Frank announces he's leaving what.
-- for winds over one Tancredo being could it be that that they could it be that that may be com.
The that the next speaker of the house is next you know that -- cars we will announce if she will announce that she's going.
Scandal that is -- makes it -- -- anyway you know she wants to be speaker of the house again I would about it greater note to Tom Tancredo thank you so much.
