Fox Latino
August 12, 2015
Ohio
Gov. John Kasich, a Republican who catapulted into the limelight with
an unexpected strong performance at the first GOP debate last Thursday,
says that undocumented
immigrants who have not been involved in crimes should have a chance to
establish legal permanent residency in the United States.
In
a CNN interview, Kasich, whose candidacy had been dwarfed by other
fellow Republicans who have dominated the headlines and had national
high profiles even before they
launched presidential campaigns, said: “[The] 11 or 12 million who are
here, we ought to find out who they are. If they've been law-abiding
over a period of time, they ought to be legalized, and they ought to be
able to stay here."
Kasich’s comments raised some eyebrows.
In the past, Kasich has carved out a hard line on immigration issues.
He
has spoken out against automatic U.S. citizenship for babies born in
this country to undocumented immigrants. He also has called for a fence
all along the U.S.-Mexico
border.
While
he still expressed support for the fence in the CNN interview on
Sunday, he backed away from opposing birthright citizenship.
"I don't think we need to go there,” he responded when asked about the topic.
“There
are people who contribute a lot to the United States of America,”
Kasich said. “If you have violated the law, we're going to ship you out.
And once that fence gets
built…I think we should make it clear, anybody who sneaks in, you're
going back home.”
The
governor added that he supports a guest worker program, though he did
not say if he would expand it or alter the one that already exists.
He also said that undocumented immigrants who come in as minors should be given breaks.
“In
terms of these people who were brought here, young children, you know,
in our state they can get driver's licenses,” he said. “We treat them
with respect.”
Kasich
said that immigration has not been addressed effectively in Congress
because of the excessive fighting among lawmakers over the issue.
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