Huckabee takes aim at Pakistani illegals

[LSK]

(CNN) — Mike Huckabee appears to have combined two hot-button issues on the Iowa campaign trail: Pakistani unrest and illegal immigration.

Thursday night, the former Arkansas governor told CNN that the crisis in Pakistan wasn’t just an international concern: “Domestically, we need to protect our borders with Pakistanis coming into the country,” he said.

Friday morning, the Republican presidential candidate elaborated on the point, telling CNN’s Dana Bash that 660 Pakistanis entered the country illegally last year, more than any other nationality other than those south of the border. When asked for the source of the statistic, Huckabee appeared unsure, telling a reporter that “those are numbers that I got today from a briefing, and I believe they are CIA and immigration numbers.” The Huckabee campaign later said the figure came from a newspaper report.

The number of illegal immigrants from Pakistan deported or apprehended was 721, according to the Department of Homeland Security. In 2005, the nation did not make the list of the top 10 sources of illegal immigrants. The previous year, they were the last country listed, but no specific numbers were given.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/12/28/huckabee-takes-aim-at-pakistani-illegals/

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[Cass]

1. Next week he will combine the flat tax and intelligent design.

This guy is a putz.

[2rth2pwr]

2. I thought your post was related to this Huckabee story

Any good sportsman, though, couldn’t miss a distinctly Cheneyesque moment in the press accounts of the former Arkansas governor’s morning hunt: At one point, Huckabee’s party turned toward a cluster of reporters and cameramen and, when they kicked up a pheasant, fired shotgun blasts over the group’s heads.

http://weblogs.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/blog/2007/12/huckabees_muzzle_control_probl.html

[Swamp Rat]

3. Cue the banjo music.

[IDemo]

4. I understand Romney has illegal Pakistanis working at the mansion n/t

[avenger64]

5. Political algebra ....

... only an idiot wouldn't see through it. But that's right - he's trying to win the Republican nomination.

[rndmprsn]

6. compare the hucksters response vs joe biden...

kind of makes one giggle, if it wasn't so important.

i'm sure someone had to tell him who bhutto was in the last 48 hours...this one was actually worse than his NIE response of...huh?

[trixie]

7. shhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I am the one feeding him his information. Can't believe he bought it. :evilgrin:

[LSK]

8. kick because you guys need some comic relief