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ROCK HILL — Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee called Tuesday for suspending immigration from countries that sponsor or harbor terrorists.
Hitting the campaign trail in South Carolina's Jan. 19 primary, Huckabee sharpened his rhetoric on immigration and embraced a tougher measure than any of his rivals have so far.
"There's a couple of things we're going to do differently," Huckabee told about 300 supporters in Rock Hill, shortly after arriving in the state from Michigan. "I say we ought to put a hiatus on people who come in here ... if they come from countries that sponsor and harbor terrorists."
"Let's say, until you get your act in order, and we get our act in order, we're not going to just let you keep coming and threaten the future and safety of America," he said.
"Every one of the 19 hijackers on 9/11 came here legally. Our government welcomed them in," Huckabee said.
Huckabee didn't mention the proposal at his second stop, a rally of about 250 in Sumter. Afterward, his new senior adviser, Jim Pinkerton, backed away from the proposal, saying that Huckabee really meant that wants a "thorough review" of immigration policies.
"It was crazy that of the 9/11 hijackers, they had 63 pieces of fake identification between them, and we're not going to let that happen," Pinkerton said. "Whatever it takes to cease and desist that, he'll do it.
"What should be the news is he's going to build a fence," Pinkerton said. Huckabee has been calling for a fence to seal off the U.S.-Mexico border for several months.
The national commission that studied the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks concluded that at least two of the 19 terrorists and possibly 11 others presented fraudulently altered passports when they entered the United States.
Huckabee wants to sound strong on illegal immigration in South Carolina, a state where the issue inflames GOP voters and where he is competing in Saturday's primary against Arizona Sen. John McCain, who has backed a path to citizenship for some illegal immigrants.
Last month, Huckabee proposed to seal the Mexican border, hire more agents to patrol it and make illegal immigrants go home before they could apply to return to this country.
It is tough talk for a man who, as Arkansas governor, took a more forgiving attitude toward some immigrants in the U.S. illegally, attempting to make children of illegal immigrants eligible for scholarships and in-state college tuition.
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At a debate Huckabee said he allows scholarships for illegals because he felt sorry for them because they were poor. Mitt Romney blasted back that's not your money to spend it's the peoples money. Huckabee can't have it both ways. He can't send illegals back home if their children are in school here.
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#1 - Tue Jan 15, 2008 5:08 PM EST{"commentId":1367183,"authorDomain":"whackedman"}
On Huckabee's website he said he was against the Amnesty bill. So in that regard, he is at least stronger on the issue than Bush or McCain or Hillary or Obama. I understand why he would be reluctant to punish children as Governor. He explained that he didn't want the kids out of school committing crimes which is a valid assumption of what they'd be doing with no education and no future.
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#2 - Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:32 PM EST{"commentId":1367510,"authorDomain":"listenup"}
Say there was even a possibility he could stop immigration...Who gets to determine which countries are full of terrorists? Iraq? Iran? Afghanistan? What about Mexico? Or England? Who's to say there aren't people with terrorist tendencies coming in from those countries?
And this line of thinking is exactly why we got into this war we can't get out of. Here's how our current administration thought of it: "Terrorists that attacked the WTC=Muslims. Muslims=bad. Let's go after Afghanistan because the most evilest Muslim is said to live there. Then we'll go after Iraq because there are more Muslims there, too...we'll just make up some reasons the public will eat up so it seems justified."
So yes, Huckabee, because the terrorists were Muslims from the Middle East, we'll take it a step further and bar people who are trying to escape the violence over there from coming into the states because they're probably terrorists...since they're from a terrorist country and all. Someone crown this man--he deserves to be Bush's successor to the throne.
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#3 - Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:17 PM EST{"commentId":1369063,"authorDomain":"joysteele"}
I don't think that refusing illegal children scholarships here is a punishment We could give them scholar ships in their country. There is a least on church that is doing that. It's the same church that Mitt Romney belongs to. Huckabee is not too wise. It would be cheaper to support them there than here. Five of their dollars is equal to one of ours.
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