Laura Ingraham and Newt Gingrich Get into Heated Exchange over Illegal Immigration – Audio 12/3/10

Here is audio of Laura Ingraham talking to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich about his outreach to Hispanic voters. She specifically zeroed in on Gingrich’s support of certain aspects of the DREAM Act, which would allow the children of Illegals, who were brought here by their parents, to become American citizens if they join the military or go to college for two years.

Gingrich and Ingraham got into something of a heated exchange on the issue. Their discussion moved from the DREAM Act to a broader discussion on Illegal Immigration as a whole. Gingrich said there is no way to deport all the Illegal Aliens who are present in the country. Ingraham would not concede that, believing that many will self-deport if we start enforcing the borders.

But Gingrich continued to press the issue that there will still be millions of people who will be here with no legal status, and there must be some way to bring them to “legality,” if not “citizenship.” He was very insistent on drawing a distinction between making people “legal” and giving them “citizenship.”