Gingrich on Immigration

BBC News: Reports on Newt Gingrich’s stand on a humane Immigration policy at last nights Republican Debate. It was interesting to see the former Speaker take a stand that should not go down well with the Republican base, but it was done more with a great political skill, the Speaker called for a humane Immigration policy, that allowes those that have come to the US illegally from between 25-20 years ago but had been a positive to the community to gain a route to legal standing, not citizenship but out of the shadows. Those with no links would be thrown over the border. The Speaker was clever he recalled Reagan had granted citizenship to over three million illegal immigrants but had only done with the condition that tougher reform and enforcement would remove the issue, of course the second part of the plan never happened, thus the Speaker wanted a humane policy but a tough policy. This might cause problem with the Conservative base but could work very well in a General Election, as Nixon went to China, Gingrich reform of immigration would allow him to become another Reagan.