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Martinez supports path to legalization for illegal immigrants
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| News Date | Thursday, July 15, 2010 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez told NMPolitics.net that she supports a path to legalization for those in the country illegally while Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish said she wasn’t sure about the best plan for those already in the country illegally.
“In my opinion, the solution does not rest with amnesty that rewards those who have broken the law with a special pathway to citizenship that allows them to cut to the front of the immigration line,” Martinez said in her statement to NMPolitics.net. “In principle, I believe we need a legal immigration process for those who are in this country now and wish to stay here that is practical, while at the same time does not invite the next wave of illegal immigrants. Simply legalizing every illegal immigrant in the country, as some have proposed, will only undermine our legal immigration process.”
Martinez’s stance may be in opposition to some of her campaign rhetoric during the primary campaign.
In a TV ad during the primary, Martinez accused Allen Weh of supporting “amnesty” because he had backed a Bush proposal that sounds strikingly similar to her plan that she put forward today. |
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