In the debate before the Debate, Former US Senator Rick Santorum gave one of the best answers on the raging immigration debate uniting this country -- uniting this country against unfettered immigration, and particularly opposing amnesty.
(For the record, the former Congressman and Senator from Pennsylvania is the only candidate calling for a decrease in immigration by 25%.)
Pro-amnesty types, whether Republican or Democrat, love to exploit the young illegal aliens, those brought into this country when they were little children, and shame pro-border advocates for wanting to divide families.
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| Rick Santorum (Source: Gage Skidmore) |
Santorum gave the best response to this “DREAMer shame” question regarding his strict immigration stance:
My father was born in Italy, and shortly
after he was born my grandfather immigrated to this country. And under the laws
of this country, he wasn't allowed to be with his father for seven years.
I asked my dad after: "Didn't you
resent America for not letting you be with your father in those formative and
very threatening years?" You know what he said to me? "America was
worth the wait."
Thank you, Senator.
Great response!
The rest of his comments are worth reading and reflecting on, too:
The rule of law is indeed worth waiting for. The race-baiting question from pro-amnesty advocates can be answered that simply: America is worth waiting for.
And I put forth an immigration policy that is as strong in favor of the folks who are struggling in America the most than anybody else. It's the strongest pro-worker immigration plan. It says that after 35 million people have come here over the last 20 years, almost all of whom are unskilled workers, flattening wages, creating horrible opportunity -- a lack of opportunities for unskilled workers, we're going to do something about reducing the level of immigration by 25 percent.
Has any other presidential candidate talked about actually limiting immigration? There's an idea.
I would also add that elected officials are elected to represent the interest of citizens. When will our elected officials stop worrying about eleven million in the shadows, and start respecting the rights and responsibilities of the three hundred and twenty million who walk in the sunlight legally, whether born or naturalized?
Despite his very low numbers, and my agreement with Washington Post columnist that he should not have bothered running in the first place, I applaud Senator Santorum's brilliant answer to the "DREAMer shame" card.
The rest of his comments are worth reading and reflecting on, too:
We're a country of laws, Bill. We're a country of laws, not
of men, not of people who do whatever they want to do. I know we have a
president who wants to do whatever he wants to do, and take his pen and his
phone and just tell everybody what he thinks is best. But the reason America is
a great country, the reason is because our compassion is in our laws. And when
we live by those laws and we treat everybody equally under the law, that's when
people feel good about being Americans.
The rule of law is indeed worth waiting for. The race-baiting question from pro-amnesty advocates can be answered that simply: America is worth waiting for.
And I put forth an immigration policy that is as strong in favor of the folks who are struggling in America the most than anybody else. It's the strongest pro-worker immigration plan. It says that after 35 million people have come here over the last 20 years, almost all of whom are unskilled workers, flattening wages, creating horrible opportunity -- a lack of opportunities for unskilled workers, we're going to do something about reducing the level of immigration by 25 percent.
Has any other presidential candidate talked about actually limiting immigration? There's an idea.
I would also add that elected officials are elected to represent the interest of citizens. When will our elected officials stop worrying about eleven million in the shadows, and start respecting the rights and responsibilities of the three hundred and twenty million who walk in the sunlight legally, whether born or naturalized?
Despite his very low numbers, and my agreement with Washington Post columnist that he should not have bothered running in the first place, I applaud Senator Santorum's brilliant answer to the "DREAMer shame" card.
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