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Numbers go down from there. well you saw republican presidential candidate rick perry tied for fourth place in that poll. in recent days hes been taking a tough stand on immigration, promising if he is elected president he would immediately deport anyone who came into this country illegally. thats about 11 million people. but rival newt gingrich has been arguing for a more moderate approach. take a listen to mr. gingrich on hannity last night. >> you do the border first, you do the specific refo...

Church thats correct they should not be deported, that the country would not accept it. and shes claiming that that would be ostensibly an amnesty program. >> it is clearly not an amnesty program. i said we ought to build a fence within one year and have the board controlled. i said english ought to be the official language of government, and we ought to have a guest worker program outsourced. and steeper penalties for people who hire illegal workers because dont get illegallal workers without h...

Opening a business and employs people in mumbai, open one that employs 800 people in memphis. now, i think theres a lot of common ground here. the definition of amnesty is obviously very, very different. but to have a guest worker program that allows people who are not citizens to come here and work as long as theyre on good behavior, pay their taxes, dont commit any crimes, is something that weve recognized in the united states for a long, long, long, long, long, long time. but our border is so...

That begins with border security. mo pro gress has been made. we need a mechanism to employers can verify that the people they hire are legally in the country. if we accomplish step one, step two is to create legal immigration that works. we are clearly against the illegal immigration. the legal immigration system we have now doesnt function. lets modernize the legal immigration and reform the vista program and create a functional guest worker program so it works. if you do those things, then yo...

That begins with border security. mo pro gress has been made. we need a mechanism to employers can verify that the people they hire are legally in the country. if we accomplish step one, step two is to create legal immigration that works. we are clearly against the illegal immigration. the legal immigration system we have now doesnt function. lets modernize the legal immigration and reform the vista program and create a functional guest worker program so it works. if you do those things, then yo...

Definitely garnered some headlines on our show. newt gingriches campaign talked to fox news channel yesterday and fired back, at her claim tha he wants amnesty and here is what newt gingrich-- oh, sorry, first were going to read what the letter said. michele bachmann held up the letter and says here is the smoking gun, he wants amnesty. president bush proposed a new legal path to work in the u.s. through a temporary worker program that will match willing workers with willing employers. we applau...

quote, i know everything that went on, and you have trusted somebody you shouldnt have, end quote. afghan president hamid karzai announced his countrys troops will be taking control of more provinces including parts of helmand province where many british troops have been killed in past years. it is considered a key moment in the drawdown of u.s. troops and the gradual pullout of nato forces. the recent nato attack in pakistan has enflamed already tense ties between that country and...

globe. live from studio 7, this is "cnn saturday morning" with t.j. holmes. >> just got that breaking news from the nba. just a matter of hours ago. they were working overnight. weve got a live report on that coming your way literally in seconds. i do want to get you caught up on other morning headlines, including out of pakistan. where pakistan is saying nato helicopters opened fire killing 20 soldiers. this happened near the border with afghanistan. pakistan and military officials sa...

candidates. but this weekends presidential debate focusing on national security. i moderated the debate here in washington, d.c. and among the many note worthy exchanges was this one in which newt gingrich, a front-runner right now, advocated what many conservatives clearly dont like, amnesty. >> i think that we ought to have a visa that goes with every graduate degree in math, science, and everything nearing so that people stay here. five blocks down the street youll see a statue of e...

Into a gift and move forward. >> steve, you cant deny -- go ahead frngs steve. >> i was going to say, a couple of other points about this. first of all, newt didnt really say that these folks would be given amnesty. theyre not going to get a path to citizenship under his plan. look, he said community review boardsment but what hes talking about is turning all the illegal immigrants in the country who have a job, who have been here for a while into a guest worker program like what youre talking a...