Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, eyeing another bid for president, is taking illegal immigration head on, decrying President Obama’s amnesty plan and warning that taxpayers will have to pay for a new generation of unskilled workers if borders aren’t secure.
“Some people are globalists, some people are corporatists. I’d like to think of myself as a nationalist. Our first responsibility is to build this nation, not every other nation on the earth but this one,” Huckabee said with an America-first theme.
In a new video promoting his push for a “maximum wage” for Americans, the Republican warned of the potential explosion in welfare and government assistance if the borders aren’t closed. It is the third from Huckabee’s group America Takes Action.
In “Feed, Fuel, Fight,” he features a Texas rancher who says the nation is losing its direction and he cites immigration as an example.
Rancher Lloyd Huggins says, “We need a certain level of legal immigration in this country. Our problem is illegal immigration. You don’t just open the borders and let anybody in that wants in, because you get a bad element that comes with it. You get the drug runners, the terrorists, the human traffickers. That’s not a good thing. There’s also the problem of we sort of allow people in with no skills, no ability to make a living, and they fall into that trap of depending on government support.”
Huckabee concludes, “We’ve got to repeal Obama’s unconstitutional executive orders, oppose amnesty, and secure the border. You don’t punish people for living by the rules. If you’re rewarding people who play outside the rules, and punish people who live within the rules, pretty soon nobody is going to play by the rules. By securing the border and protecting American workers and their livelihoods, we’ll finally help every American earn his or her maximum wage.”
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
