In fact, in 2006 he compared those who would crack down on illegals to antebellum slave masters, saying,
"One of the great challenges facing us is that we do not commit the same mistakes with our growing Hispanic population that we did with African Americans 150 years ago and beyond. We're still paying the price for the pathetic manner in which this country handled that."
Outrageously, it seems Huck can't distinguish between denying citizens the protection of the law and requiring non-citizens to follow it," and it's replete with quotes.
Laura Ingraham On Governor Huckabee's Explanations For Giving Illegal Immigrants Tuition Breaks:
"The Laura Ingraham Show"
December 3, 2007
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Ingraham: "I know Mike Huckabee is a nice man. And I know he has a wonderful style. And he's good on a lot of issues. He's great on the life issue. Great on marriage. Great on all these things. But on this immigration issue, which is so important to so many of us, I am tired of this double speak. The taxpayers are footing the bill for this. This is the money of the taxpayers of Arkansas. And if you offer these benefits to illegal aliens, more illegal aliens will come into your state. That is just a fact.
"And people across this country have made their views known about this. So people can debate whether Giuliani is Catholic enough or Mitt Romney is Christian enough or John McCain is calm enough to be the president. But I think on this issue, we have to ask, 'Who is going to enforce this border?' 'Who is going to put teeth into these laws?' 'Who is going to represent the will of the people on an important issue culturally, for our health care, for our prisons, for our economic structure, for everything that we care about this issue is involved?' And on this issue, I think Huckabee has been a big loser. Okay? That is my view on this."...
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Laura Ingraham: Huckabee Is A "Big Loser" On Immigration
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