But when Mr. Ramos pressed him on why, if he were compassionate, he did not support the Dream Act, which would offer some illegal immigrants brought to this country as children a path to citizenship – President Obama called on Congress to pass the bill in his State of the Union address on Tuesday — Mr. Gingrich said he was for “half the Dream Act,” giving citizenship to people who enlist in the army.
Mr. Ramos said that two million students were brought to the country as children by illegal-immigrant parents and that Mr. Gingrich favored policies “punishing” them.
“They can go to college,” Mr. Gingrich demurred. “I wasn’t suggesting we run around and try to deport them. I have suggested that if they want to become citizens, they can join the military.”
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/newt-gingrich-gets-a-grilling-on-univision/
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