(Bush's) Former DHS Chief (Tom Ridge): Immigration Reform Opponents 'Flat, Dead Wrong

[DonViejo]

CAITLIN MACNEAL – OCTOBER 24, 2013, 5:32 PM EDT

Tom Ridge, the Department of Homeland Security secretary during the Bush administration, said Thursday that Republicans who oppose comprehensive immigration reform are mistaken.

"At the end of the day, I think we're just flat, dead wrong on the issue. We're not sending them back, I don't know why we can't reach a compromise," Ridge told Buzzfeed. "And, by the way, 'compromise' is not a dirty word in my lexicon, it's part of the art of governing."

Ridge said that it is not feasible for the United States to deport all illegal immigrants.

"I think there's an art to governing and part of the art of governing is recognizing the reality as it exists, not as you want it to be. Part of the reality is that some people on my side of the aisle do not understand is that even if you can identify those 10 or 12 million illegals here, you're not going to round them up, put them on 747s, and send them home," Ridge said.

He added that immigrants add to the country's economy, and are largely law-abiding residents.

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/former-dhs-chief-immigration-reform-opponents-flat-dead-wrong

[Thinkingabout]

1. Maybe we should round up the radical TP bunch who seems hell bent on destroying our

Constitution and putting Ted Cruz in as our first dictator. We can see they are not interested in Majority rule but a few American Taliban running over the rest of the nation. Good for Tom Ridge, there is a great need for more like him in the GOP.