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Reid vs Angle, Part 2 By Joshua Nave Yesterday we looked at the opening statements made by Senator Harry Reid and Sharron Angle in their Senate debate. Today we’ll jump right in to the meat of the debate.
10/20/10
engaged in the discussion. This answer has all the feel of a cue card answer to the wrong question.
The next series of questions will focus on immigration, and Senator Reid, you’re up first. In the minds of many Nevadans, Senator Reid your policies have allowed thousands of illegal immigrants to stream across the border because you have not made border security a priority. Why is it only this year that you talked about securing the border when this problem has been going on for years if not decades? Reid: Immigration is a problem. We have a system in America that’s broken and needs to be fixed. That’s why in August, of this year, I introduced legislation that was finally passed to do something about our borders. We now have on our border Predators flying over 24 hours a day. We have 4500 new border patrol agents. We have National Guard there. And we have fences being built. I’m frustrated like everyone else is frustrated. But I believe we have to look at the issue and do comprehensive immigration reform. We cannot ignore it. That’s the reason that we have to do something about the people that are here that are undocumented. Have them pay taxes, pay penalties, fines, and of course, by doing that, we will be able to not demagogue the issue but do something about it. We have to work together on the issue. This was the first of many non-answers given by Reid over the course of the debate. The question asked why Reid waited until this year to talk about the issues, and Reid responded by talking about legislation he introduced this year. Anyone looking for reassurances that Senator Reid takes the issue of border security seriously will not be reassured here, and moderates like myself are not seeing evidence of a man
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Angle: What we have here is an illegal alien problem and the solution is simple: secure the borders, enforce the laws. I think every state should have a Sheriff like Joe Arpaio, and we should be supporting Arizona instead of suing Arizona like Senator Reid and President Obama have. When they sued Arizona they also allowed 11 foreign countries to join in that suit. Senator Reid you’ve allowed 11 foreign countries to dictate our immigration law. That’s just nuts. We need to get back to simple solutions to these problems. Once we’ve secure the borders, enforced the laws, then we can deal with those internal problems that we have left. But we have to stop incentivizing those folks that are coming here for jobs, for medical, and for education free - and for also social security benefits; those are for citizens, not for illegal aliens. As much as she would like to believe in simple solutions, immigration is and will remain a complicated problem. More than anything else, this idea that complex problems have simple solutions is what scares moderates away from candidates like Angle. The rest of her comments are baseless attacks. As a Senator, Reid has no control over the Justice Department’s suit against Arizona. Angle also knows that illegal immigrants do not receive social security benefits but often do pay into the social security system. Reid: Thank you Mitch. The number one issue here is comprehensive immigration reform, we have to do something to solve the issue. We can’t keep talking about it. That’s why I worked very hard the last Congress, to work with John McCain - that
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