In GOP debate over national security, Gingrich defends long-term illegal residents

American policy toward Iran and the difficulty of America maintaining a robust foreign policy as its national debt is growing were issues that dominated the Republican presidential debate Tuesday night in Washington.

But in the debate’s final half hour, illegal immigration suddenly became the focus as former House Speaker Newt Gingrich made an extended and vigorous defense of allowing illegal residents who’d settled in America for many years to stay and not be deported. Read more of the November 22, 2011 article