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pampango

(24,692 posts) Mon Nov 17, 2014, 08:01 AM Nov 2014

Policy analyst Palin ( ;) ) weighs in on immigration reform in a republican congress.

Sarah Palin: Romney in 'Never Never Land' on Immigration Reform

So much for party unity. A day after Mitt Romney confidently predicted that a Republican-controlled U.S. Senate would join together with the House of Representatives and pass comprehensive immigration reform, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin doused that notion with cold water.

"Where the heck have these GOP establishment types been during this election season? GOP Senate candidates are promising to do everything in their power to stop Obama's lawlessness, including his unjust amnesty that Americans do not support," Palin said in an interview with Breitbart News. "Governor Romney is busy promoting some decent policies; perhaps that's why he clearly hasn't followed today's races because every Republican is campaigning against amnesty and every Democrat gunning for the Senate is campaigning for it. With all due respect, Governor Romney is in 'never never land' on this one."

The differing perspectives on whether immigration reform was possible, or whether the subject should be referred to as anything other than "amnesty," are among the questions facing Republicans should the party take control of the Senate. Romney's view assumes that the GOP-controlled House thwarted immigration reform as a way to thwart Democrats in the Senate and the White House.

While the Republican National Committee has warned the party to embrace immigration reform or suffer major losses in future elections, Palin and many conservative lawmakers remain entrenched on the question, and adamantly oppose President Obama's vow to use executive orders to loosen current restrictions.

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2014-11-03/sarah-palin-romney-in-never-never-land-on-immigration-reform

I wonder how what the record is for tea party folks to work "amnesty" into any discussion of immigration reform.