BEAUTY OF THE NORTH COUNTRY,
TAKE IN THE GRANDIOSE COUNTRY.
LET'S GO TO KATHLEEN FROM
CONCORD MONITOR.
MS. GARCIA, YOUR OPPONENTS
HAVE BEEN ATTACKING YOU ON
IMMIGRATION AND AMNESTY, SAYING
THAT YOU FAVOR AMNESTY.
WHAT IS YOUR POSITION ON THE
ISSUE?
I AM OPPOSED TO AMNESTY.
I HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS
WITH THOSE AT THE FOREFRONT OF
THIS CRISIS.
GOVERNOR PERRY IN TEXAS SUPPORTS
MY POSITION THAT NATIONAL
SECURITY IS BORDER SECURITY.
ANY IMMIGRATION REFORMS THAT WE
WOULD SEEK TO IMPLEMENT WOULD BE
FUTILE IN THE FUTURE IF WE DO
NOT FIRST SECURE OUR BORDER.
I DO NOT SUPPORT AMNESTY.
I NEVER HAVE.
ASIDE FROM GOVERNOR PERRY, I
ALSO HAVE SUPPORT FROM
REPUBLICANS ACROSS THE SPECTRUM
THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS ISSUE.
SENATOR TED CRUZ IS COMING TO
RALLY WITH ME SUNDAY.
I GOT EXCITING NEWS THAT I WILL
HAVE SUPPORT FROM SENATOR
GRASSLEY IN IOWA, THE RANKING
REPUBLICAN MEMBER ON THE SENATE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
OPPOSED TO
AMNESTY, NO QUESTION.
THOSE ADS ARE DISTORTIONS AND
INACCURACIES.
SCARE
TACTICS, GARBAGE AND LIES.
MR. LAMBERT?
WHAT DO YOU THINK SHOULD BE DONE
WITH THE MILLIONS OF
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS?
I WANT TO SECURE THE BORDER
AND I AM OPPOSED TO AMNESTY.
REPRESENTATIVE GARCIA IS FOR
AMNESTY.
SHE SPONSORED A RESOLUTION WITH
THE NATIONAL HISPANIC CAUCUS OF
STATE LEGISLATORS.
IT IS RESOLUTION
2013-11 THAT
CAUSE FOR A PATHWAY TO
CITIZENSHIP.
A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP, TO ME,
IS AMNESTY.
THAT IS WHAT SHE IS ADVOCATING.
I KNOW SHE HAS A LOT OF FOLKS
COMING UP HERE TO ADVOCATE ON
HER BEHALF.
THEY ARE ALL COMING FROM
WASHINGTON DC.
THE NEGATIVE ADS FROM
-- AGAINST
ME ARE COMING FROM WASHINGTON
DC.
MY RECORD IS CLEAR AND MS.
GARCIA'S RECORD IS CLEAR.
SHE WANTS A PATHWAY TO
CITIZENSHIP.
IS THERE A DISTINCTION
BETWEEN A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP
AND AMNESTY?
ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK MR. LAMBERT'S BOOK IS
ENTIRELY FICTION.
A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP IS JUST
A TURN OF PHRASE.
MY MOTHER WALKED A PATHWAY TO
CITIZENSHIP.
SHE EMIGRATED FROM ITALY.
SENATOR LAMBERT'S MOTHER IS ALSO
AN IMMIGRANT.
THE DIFFERENCE IS, AMNESTY IS
GRANTING CITIZENSHIP TO THOSE
THAT CAME HERE ILLEGALLY.
I HAVE SUPPORTED THE FACT THAT
IF WE WANT TO KNOW WHO THESE 12
MILLION PEOPLE -- THIS IS 10
TIMES THE SIZE OF THE POPULATION
OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, THEY ARE
LIVING HERE, THEY ARE IN OUR
SOCIETY.
THEY ARE INTEGRATING INTO OUR
ECONOMY.
WE HAVE TO HAVE LEGAL STATUS
WHICH ALLOWS US TO KNOW WHO THEY
ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND
PUT THEM ON A PROCESS OF REFORM
WHICH INCLUDES REFORMING THE
PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP.
MR. LAWRENCE?
WHERE DO YOU STAND WHEN IT COMES
TO YOUR OPPONENTS' POSITIONS ON
THIS?
FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO SECURE
THE BORDER.
IT IS RIDICULOUS TO TALK ABOUT
ANYTHING ELSE UNTIL YOU SOLVE
THE IMMEDIATE PROBLEM.
I WANT TO FINISH BUILDING
THE
FENCE, AUGMENT THE BORDER PATROL
IF NECESSARY AND USE ELECTRONIC
COUNTERMEASURES AS WELL.
I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF AMNESTY.
I WANT TO ADD ONE POINT.
AUSTRALIA HAD A SIMILAR
SITUATION TO THIS.
THEY HAD ILLEGALS FLOODING THEIR
BORDER AND REALIZED THE SYSTEM
WAS BEING OVERBURDENED.
THEY CHANGED THEIR POLICY.
THE POLICY NOW IS THAT
YOU COME
THERE IT LEGALLY, YOU WILL NEVER
GET TO STAY.
I WANT AMERICA TO ADOPT THAT
SAME POLICY.
THAT IS THE RIGHT POLICY FOR THE
UNITED STATES THAT WILL SEND THE
RIGHT MESSAGE TO THE REST OF THE
WORLD.
I WILL ALSO ADD THE FACT THAT I
DO BELIEVE THAT
GIVING LEGAL
STATUS TO ILLEGALS IS WRONG.
I BELIEVE THAT IS WHAT
REPRESENTATIVE GARCIA JUST SAID.
REPRESENTATIVE
GARCIA CALLED
FOR LEGALIZING THE UNDOCUMENTED
POPULATION AS WELL.
IT IS VERY CLEAR.
SHE WAS A BOARD MEMBER OF
AMERICANS BY CHOICE.
THE FINAL WORD?
ANYBODY IN THIS COUNTRY, BE
THEY ILLEGAL, GOING THROUGH THE
PROCESS LEGALLY, ARE NOT
NECESSARILY CITIZENS YET.
THEY HAVE SOME SORT OF LEGAL
STATUS BECAUSE WE HAVE A LEGAL
PROCESS.
LEGAL STATUS DOES NOT MEAN
CITIZENSHIP.
AMNESTY AND LEGALIZATION ARE