Hannity: I've 'Evolved' on Immigration

'I support a pathway to citizenship'

Sean Hannity has already taken to heart the post-election message that the Republicans need the Latino vote to win.

Oh Thursday Hannity explained to his radio listeners that he's "evolved" on the topic of immigration, and that the US should create a "pathway to citizenship" for illegal immigrants:

"It's simple to me to fix it. I think you control the border first. You create a pathway for those people that are here - you don't say you've got to go home. And that is a position that I've evolved on. Because, you know what, it's got to be resolved. The majority of people here, if some people have criminal records you can send them home, but if people are here, law-abiding, participating for years, their kids are born here, you know, first secure the border, pathway to citizenship, done."

In the last 24 hours, John Boehner has done a similar about-face on immigration. In the same Diane Sawyer video in which he said Obamacare is here to stay, he also embraced a more open position on immigration.

Via Yahoo News.

Do you support Hannity's change of heart on immigration?

[David944]

Would anyone like to speculate as to how long before we get another trillion dollar stimulus package?

[Sonny]

Hey that "stimulus package" is the ONLY thing that kept this country from going under in the first place......

[David944]

@Sonny Ya right. 1.4 million to 3.3 million jobs for 800 billion dollars. What does that work out to per job?

[gvptandpoltcs]

@David944 you know what is even more expensive? immigration detention centers,$122 a day per person, in 2011 a total of 2.6 billion dollars were spent in detention and removal operations.

[Sonny]

@David944 It also went to help some companies and industries, state & local payrolls. It kept many more people from being laid off in the first place. But the most important thing it did was to keep up at least a minimal level of demand, in our economy. Without that induced demand of various goods, products, and services...the economy would have fallen into a depression very quickly...So it was well worth it. And frankly those 3.3 million people is still 3.2 million people who did not have to loose their income. Its funny how some people complain about that...I guess there are some who don't mind seeing other people out of work---so long as they have a job...I'm sure glad that not all people feel that way about their fellow-American...--

The stimulus was needed and necessary...and I'm so glad that Pres. Obama did it!

[David944]

@Sonny Public sector unions pension funds and failed green energy companies, not exactly money well spent.

[Hireman]

It's definitely more sensible than his previous approach.

[Laradian]

He hasn't "evolved". He just wants his Republicans to get control and then revert back to their original positions. Hypocrite!

[cr8z4amerika]

@Laradian What a novel idea! Thats always been the M.O. of the democrats. Maybe the republicans can learn a thing or 2 from the masters of the deception.

[Laradian]

@cr8z4amerika
It's the proverbial 'if you can't beat them, join them' coming from the right-wingers. Hannity has waged a war of complete hate against Obama from day one. He was certain his Stop Obama Express would be successful making Obama a one-term president. But he failed miserably.

Suddenly he has this epiphany of what Republicans have to do to win: Become more like Democrats. Well I'm not buying it.

Only when Republicans take to heart the words of Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson that his "party is full of racists" can they begin to heal.

[tomincali]

@Laradian on the illegal aliens issue check this.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/06/02/leake...

[Sonny]

Well at least he is starting to open his mind and his eyes to the reality of what the United States demographics looks like in 2012. Now if he can see his way to courting more African-American & Women votes....that party just might have some kind of future in this country....Maybe..?

[martydotcom]

Given that Obama received 71% of the Hispanic vote and its the fastest growing demo. Welcome to world!!!
The GOP will never win a national election by continuing to offend Hispanics

[David944]

Who gives a crap they will all be heading back to Mexico on their own in couple of years anyway.

[martydotcom]

@David944 That self deportation concept got Romney a lot of votes

[gvptandpoltcs]

@David944 Hispanics are going back to Mexico in a couple of years? First of all Hispanics are from all over central and south america, it makes no sense they go to Mexico unless they want to spend some nice vacation in Cancun or Acapulco. Second, they are here to work and unless they get fired or detained by ICE, they have no incentive to go back to their country because they left it in the first place for some strong reason. Nobody leaves their home, family, friends and all they know to go to work hard labor just because, a lot of these people have been victims of violence and other social problems, and do not give me the typical answer "go fix your own country" because it is easy to say but not plausible to do.

[Cheenoguy]

Good on him.

[David944]

It’s not the immigration issue that got Hispanic votes it was the goodies.

[Sonny]

Another political myth from the right.

[martydotcom]

You just keep believing those same talking heads who told you Romney was gong to win in a landslide. Not good to generalize,but the goodies Hispanics come here for is WORK not freebies

[David944]

@martydotcom Illegal immigrants come here to make here what they left. Legal immigrants come here for opportunity.

[David944]

@martydotcom Who gives a crap they will all be heading back to Mexico on their own in couple of years anyway.

[Romney2012]

If they disrespected this country enough to come here illegally, then how do they deserve citizenship?

[kirbstomp1]

I wonder if the American Indians thought the same thing? I'm one thousand percent sure your family migrated here at some point in the past 400 years. Our country was founded by immigrants. Take a history class, or research. They have every right to gain citizenship legally, just as our families also immigrated here.

[Souljah]

@kirbstomp1... Boom!!

[kirbstomp1]

@Souljah - hopefully he agrees. Or he's just absolutely wrong.

[TheLoneRanger]

Good point...

Hannity is a turn coat.

[TheLoneRanger]

My great grandparents came here legally.

[InjusticeSucks]

Get your Azz handed to you by the Nation...Oh i changed my Mind....Hhahahahhah

[MongoAPillager]

take a seat right there with fatboy,you,ve earned

[MongoAPillager]

it

[Dan_Tien]

Is that a fancy way to say that he is flip-flopping his position in an attempt to attract more Hispanic voters to the Republican party as a result of the recent election fail?

[Dan_Tien]

There is already a "pathway to citizenship". It is called "naturalization".

[DARSB]

How else can he "evolve?" As a spokesman for the party of Wealthy White Guys Hannity has to do what he can to keep the GOP alive.

This doesn't mean there won't be wailing and gnashing of teeth from the Crazed Right: I'll even predict the mass deportation elements will rise, zombie-like, and press for a big ICE round up of the estimated 12 million aliens.

But, as Jon Stewart famously commented, "Remember Elian Gonzales, and how easy that was? Now times that by 12 million."

[TheLoneRanger]

Ah alas, America I knew her well.

[Dan_Tien]

@TheLoneRanger You knew America as well as you misquote Shakespeare.

[TheLoneRanger]

@Dan_Tien - I never claimed to have known Shakespeare.

[Dan_Tien]

@TheLoneRanger So who were you misquoting? I'm not convinced that you ever knew America all that well either.

[TheLoneRanger]

@Dan_Tien -

I wasn't misquoting anyone. It may have been a line I heard of Shakespeare's long ago I don’t recall but none the less America is obviously on the down turn and unless God grants us some kind of miracle worker (And I don’t mean the false messiah Obama.) we will continue on this path.

[marine1]

All this really says is, that when you go for years without enforcing our sovereign laws, our sovereignty will soon cease to exist.

[DARSB]

Sean Hannity can single-handedly undermine American sovereignty? Damn, I better revise my opinion of him. ;)

[TheLoneRanger]

Speaking of losing our Sovereignty...

The New American - 04 April 2012:

North American Union Moves Closer After Trilateral Summit

President Obama hosted Mexican President Felipe Calderón and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Washington, D.C., this week for the so-called “North American Leaders Summit,” announcing further integration of the three governments across a broad range of fields. The meeting, however, fueled deep suspicion and concern among advocates of national sovereignty and the U.S. Constitution. http://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/nort...

End of the American Dream - May 1st, 2012:

New Obama Executive Order Pushes Us Closer To A North American Union And A One World Economic System - http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/new...

You Tube - CNN-Lou Dobbs- Obama Backing North American Union Agenda http://www.youtube.com/watch...

[marine1]

@TheLoneRanger I'm not trying to be a conspiracy theorist but if you have laws they should be inforced, not left to go unhecked untill they become unmanageable.

[TheLoneRanger]

@marine1 -

No conspiracy theory here. Conspiracy fact.

[DARSB]

Hey, Happy Birthday to the Corps! OOHRAH! http://youtu.be/Sam4lq2WHos

[Jenperu]

Amazing!

[David944]

I would go to Mexico but I would be thrown in prison for illegal immigration.

[marine1]

we are either a nation of law or were not and here of late it seems we are not.

[Stop_Whining]

@marine1

Thats a very broad, and utterly misleading statement.

[marine1]

@Stop_Whining No, it is not.

[Stop_Whining]

@marine1

I can absolutely prove you to be in the wrong, both grammatically, and rhetorically.

Yes. It was.

[marine1]

@Stop_Whining (we're) and if you are going to have a rule, inforce it

[DABurroughs]

So Blinken (backthetears) Hannity has evolved huh? And all it took was to see his candidate go through a huge national butt whipping and all of a sudden Sean has seen the light. It isn't that I do or don't support his new and "evolved" thinking on evolution. I just don't believe it for a second. His savior Romney evolved his positions every other Thursday like clockwork. Besides, republicans do not believe in evolution so his statement is just silly.

[Bruce]

How can you define ILLEGAL immigration as LAW ABIDING? Just the fact that they are here illegally should ring a bell that they have broken the law! Wake Up!!!

[cnw95]

Seans changed but what about the rest of his associates...like michelle malkin.
I found a piece on her webpage where she's ridiculing lindsey graham-"nesty" for his APPARENT soft approach to immigration reform.
I think "hardline" limbaugh gave him that nickname.
Hannity isn't the only "righty" doing a U-turn on the immigration issue though.
Limbaugh has shown he MIGHT (and i do mean MIGHT) soften his stance on the issue as he complained that romney only got about 23%(feel free to correct this number if it is wrong but it is in the 20s) of the hispanic vote v obamas 73% of the same demographic.

[Souljah]

I dont prescribe to alot of the GOP's ideals, so I think this is a very smart move on Hannity's part...I will have to give him the benefit of the doubt, not that he believes this rhetoric, but the simple fact that he now knows "Alien-ating" latino's and their concerns will not bode well for their party.. It's survival of the fittest and the people have spoken time and time again...only difference is this time Conservatives might actually be listening..We as Voters hold all the cards, but we need to keep on our Politicians about the issues that matter to us, for our sake and the sake of your Pundits Jobs..haha

[gvptandpoltcs]

Yes! It is important that some Republicans stop advocating the criminalization of immigrants. Immigrants came here to work and make a better life for their family, just like all other immigrants for the past 200 years. The trend to blame immigrants for the economic woes of the country has to stop, first the Chinese Exclusion of 1882 (just the name is embarrassing), then all Asians plus eastern and southern Europeans (the so called "new immigrants") and now Hispanics. I might even consider voting Republican if there is a genuine change of heart towards undocumented immigrants, I do not trust politicians that are white supremacist, there is got to be more things wrong with them.