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Politics : Stopping the North American Union

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To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (70)12/5/2007 7:11:37 PM
From: Tadsamillionaire  Read Replies (2) of 111
 
Both Obama and Clinton were asked whether American citizens should turn in undocumented workers, and they both demurred, saying it was the responsibility of the federal government and Congress to solve the problem by passing a comprehensive overhaul bill.

"We do not deputize the American people to do the job that the federal government is supposed to do," Obama said.

The questioner, NPR's Steve Inskeep, pressed Clinton: "Although if a citizen witnessed some other kind of crime, wouldn't you want them to report it?"

"Well, you know, it's a very clever question," Clinton responded.

"But I think it really begs a question, because what we're looking at here is 12 to 14 million people. ... If we want to listen to the demagogues and the calls for us to begin to try to round up people and turn every American into a suspicious vigilante, I think we will do graver harm to the fabric of our nation than any kind of, you know, person by person reporting of who might be here illegally."

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