Fiorina: imprison employers for hiring illegal immigrants. Conservative group: arrest Whitman

[ProSense]

Fiorina Called For Imprisoning ‘Employers Who Knowingly Hired Illegal Immigrants’ — Including Meg Whitman?

This week, California Republican gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman had a “gran problema” arise from her past when her former housekeeper revealed that Whitman had employed her for several years, despite knowing she was undocumented. Whitman flatly denied the charge, saying she stopped employing Nicky Diaz Santillan as soon as she learned of her immigration status. But, Santillan’s lawyer produced a letter from the Social Security Administration stating Santillan’s name didn’t match her Social Security number, which included a handwritten note from Whitman’s husband, suggesting the family knew of Santillan’s status.

As ThinkProress has noted, Whitman has taken a harsh stance on immigration. So has her fellow ex-CEO and GOP nominee Carly Fiorina, who is running for Senate in California. In a local TV interview earlier this year, Fiorina said she “absolutely” supports sending people to prison for knowingly employ undocumented immigrants:

ANCHOR: There was one viewer who asked the question, ‘Would you imprison employers who knowingly hired illegal immigrants?’

FIORINA: Well, sure. If an employer is knowingly breaking the law, of course, they need to be punished to the fullest extent of the law. Absolutely.

Watch it:

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Would Fiorina be willing to apply her standard to Whitman, or at least her husband?

Hardcore anti-immigrant group Americans for Legal Immigration is demanding Whitman’s arrest. The group’s president William Gheen said Whitman should stand trial, saying, “To accept her mere claim of innocence without a trial would be similar to advocating that OJ Simpson not be charged with murder because he came out and told the press he did not do it after evidence suggested he did.”

Oooh, a twofer!

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[Mimosa]

1. Rec with Gusto!

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[NewJeffCT]

2. wow, comparing Whtiman to OJ Simpson

that was quite a leap, even though I'm smirking at a conservative Republic being ripped by an even more conservative Republic organization.

[Kingofalldems]

3. Yeah....Yeah!!

[grahamhgreen]

4. Alright!!!

[sakabatou]

5. Heheheh

[geek tragedy]

6. Bank shot! nt

[DrToast]

7. Fiorina would throw Whitman under the bus faster than you can blink.*

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[PearliePoo2]

10. She sure would!

She's a fellow Republi-Snake.
Not only under the bus...she'd make a snarky comment about her hair while doing it. :evilgrin:

[Rosa Luxemburg]

14. Eating their own already!

[asjr]

8. As I have said before--they are Tasmanian Devils--

they are at each other's throats.

[vaberella]

9. It truly can't get better than this. Talk about nose dive. n/t

[Kdillard]

11. Pure gold.

[ShadowLiberal]

12. Whitman has been playing with fire on immigration for months, it's about time she got burned by it

Whitman has been asking to get burned by the immigration issue the second she started backtracking on her harsh stance against illegal immigrants in Spanish only ads.

It's not really surprising that she'd be facing loss of support from both ends of the issue, I mean look at John McCain, he flip flopped from supporting 'Amnesty' (path to citizenship) for illegal immigrants, to being harshly antiimmigrant and insisting 'finish the danged fence' in a campaign ad, a fence that he voted again in the first place.

The results were quite clear in 2008, Hispanics felt betrayed by McCain and went for Obama in massive numbers. Conservatives didn't trust McCain on immigration issues, which depressed their turnout by hurting their enthusiasm.

[golfguru]

13. What did her husband write on the letter? Any one knows?