McCain: Not everyone here illegally should be deported
Tagged: border, John McCain, studentPosted on: November 28th, 2007
Republican presidential candidate John McCain showed compassion for illegal immigrants on Wednesday when he said not everyone in the U.S. illegally should be deported.
“If you’re prepared to send an 80-year-old grandmother who’s been here 70 years back to some country, then, frankly you’re not quite as compassionate as maybe I am,” McCain said in response to a question from a Clemson student who described himself as the child of legal immigrants.
The Arizona senator, who has spent the last three days in early voting South Carolina, said more secure borders along with guest worker and employment verification programs will cut the number of illegal immigrants in the country, currently projected at 12 million. “*
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