People and Politics by Patrick Roberts

Glenn Beck calls for new 'Ellis Island' solution to immigration

Posted on Monday, March 29, 2010 at 03:19 PM

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Glenn Beck says the American laws on immigration need to be overhauled.

In a town hall event in Florida, Beck suggested it was time for a new deal, an "Ellis Island," type of deal.

"People who are from a different country understand this country because they know how crappy their country is," he said

"I think we need to lead the way on illegal immigration, not amnesty. Legal immigration. I think we need to start an Ellis Island program. And we welcome people in here. You've got to go to classes.

"I'll help you learn English, because you are trapped if you don't know English. I'll help you. And you know what? People can play games with you if you can't speak the language. So teach them English. Teach them the real history of America."

Does Beck know that the pro-immigration people have been espousing such a way forward for the past nine years?

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windrider48 | Mar 30, 2010, 09:55 PM EDT

Can't believe the mistakes in that comment...typing mistakes that is. Sorry.

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windrider48 | Mar 30, 2010, 09:54 PM EDT

Can't believe the mistakes in that comment...typing mistakes that is. Sorry.

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windrider48 | Mar 30, 2010, 09:02 PM EDT

Can't believe the mistakes in that comment...typing mistakes that is. Sorry.

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windrider48 | Mar 30, 2010, 08:47 PM EDT

olovey...check your facts...when banks, auto conpanies, health care, student loans are nationalized, what is that called? Liveral utopia of ciurse, but there is another term for it. And that would be?

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olovely | Mar 30, 2010, 04:57 PM EDT

Glen Beck is a paranoid conspiracy theorist. Even before the election, he declared that Barack Obama was a Marxist. Then, after the election, he began calling Obama a communist and socialist. A few weeks later, he changed course and decided that Obama was actually leading us down the path to fascism.He warned his audience about Obama's supposed secret plot to grab our guns. Glen Beck is certifiable.

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windrider48 | Mar 30, 2010, 01:06 PM EDT

...olovely, why is it necessary to muddy the discussion with assinine comments and name calling. There's how you get my attention...call me a name. Oh, you might not like the attention you will get.

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Monsoonman | Mar 30, 2010, 01:19 AM EDT

You should at least get some balance from Fox, listen to the other side. You don't get that when your only source for your "truth is abc, nbc, cbs, cnn, msnbc, npr & the nyt, your data is corrupted. It is telling when you react to anything Fox as if it was the wicked witch of the north reacting to getting water thrown on her....A mind is like a parachute, it only works when it is opened.

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plasticpaddy | Mar 29, 2010, 11:29 PM EDT

monsoonman - you do realise that Beck is on mainstream media right?

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olovely | Mar 29, 2010, 09:12 PM EDT

After that he'll be calling for a Final Solution. He's a nutjob.

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heybuldog69 | Mar 29, 2010, 08:47 PM EDT

Considering where Beck's head has been these past several years, how would he know that steps have been taken in this regard already.

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Monsoonman | Mar 29, 2010, 08:31 PM EDT

As usual Glen Beck speaks sensibly. Some of you ought to listen to what he really says instead of getting it filtered to you through the tainted sieve of the main stream media.

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