Urges President Bush to call a special session of Congress to pass
emergency immigration legislation
AMES, Iowa, Aug. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewsire/ -- Speaking at the Ames,
Iowa Straw Poll, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich urged President
Bush to call a special session of Congress to pass emergency legislation
requiring anyone arrested for a felony to be checked for legal status.
Gingrich cited the illegal immigrant in Newark, NJ who shot four
college students execution style, killing three. The illegal immigrant had
been arrested twice, including being indicted for raping a young girl and
threatening to kill her family. Twice he was released back on the streets.
"Four young people, working hard, studying, doing the right things -
three of them were killed, all four were shot in an execution style by
somebody who should not have been in America in the first place," Gingrich
said in his remarks to a supportive crowd.
Under a new immigration bill, Gingrich wants the Department of Homeland
Security to outsource the creation of a secure, accurate system to quickly
check legal status of people who commit serious crimes. He wants the bill
to require that anyone arrested for a felony be checked for legal status.
Lastly, he stipulates that any city, county or state that refuses to do so
would lose all federal funding.
"Imagine that those four college students had been your children.
Imagine they'd been your nieces or nephews," Gingrich said in the speech.
"We cannot expect Mayor Booker to defend Newark if the government of the
United States does not defend America and we need to win the war at home
fully as much as we need to win the war overseas."
Gingrich made his remarks at the Ames, Iowa Straw Poll where his new
political organization, American Solutions for Winning the Future, is
conducting educational workshops.
The full video of Gingrich's speech is available on
http://www.youtube.com/newtgingrich.
CONTACT:
Rick Tyler
(703) 431-3350
ricktyler@newt.org
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