Republican candidates clash over illegal immigration

Hello on this Thursday, November 29, 2007. I'm Kristin Volk with a UPI news update.

Illegal immigration is proving to be a hot topic among Republican presidential candidates. That's after they squared off in their first-ever YouTube/CNN debate last night. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney attacked former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, saying he promoted illegal immigration. Giuliani shot back saying Romney had quote a sanctuary mansion at his home where illegal immigrants were employed. A viewer also asked the candidates whether they believe every word in the Bible is true. Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee who's also a Baptist minister said he believes the Bible is exactly what it is. Giuliani said he believes the Bible but not literally true in every aspect.

Israel's Prime Minister says his country's survival will depend on a two-state solution with Palestinians. Ehud Olmert told an Israeli newspaper that if the solution collapses, the country would face a struggle for equal voting rights for all, including the Palestinians. This comes after Olmert, President Bush and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pledged to try to reach a two-state settlement by the end of 2008 at this week's Mideast conference in Annapolis, Maryland. Israel worries that Palestinians could eventually outnumber Jews if Israel continues to control all the territory it captured during the 1967 Middle East war.

A former Pakistani Prime Minister is dismissing President Pervez Musharraf's presidency as illegitimate. Nawaz Sharif said the Supreme Court Musharraf did away with to ensure a second term should be restored to rule on his election. He also demanded an end to emergency rule and a release of opponents jailed after the crackdown. Sharif returned from exile in Saudi Arabia this week, eight years after Musharraf, who was then army chief, ousted him.

Washington Redskins fans are mourning the loss of safety Sean Taylor. People are paying their respects to a makeshift memorial set up outside of the Redskins training facility in Ashburn, Virginia. Flowers, balloons, cards and teddy bears are filling the park. Taylor died Tuesday from gunshot wounds after an apparent burglary of his Miami home.

That's all for now. Check out part two of our Discovering Africa series on upi.com today. Have a great day.

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[JimZ885]

Sarah Palin and John Boehner will never get it before 2010 or 2012, because they're totally pro open borders uber-globalist GOPs. This is precisely what wallopped McCain right out of the 2008 presidential race and sky-rocketed Obama right into the Whitehouse. Now GOPs eternally in bed with the illegal aliens, and their poopey and crappy anchor babies touching everything they can at Walmart or food buffets with their feces clad fingers, can not believe the Tea Party righteous coup de etat!

[boxa888]

guys just remember that illegals are allowed to go by state police for drunk driving! a real american would be put in jail for this and go to court! illegals dont have to go to war. illegals dont have to learn english, illegals killed this whole black family a few yrs back and he was a criminal from mexico, if we stopped him at the boarder THIS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED! this can easily happen to your family! time to stand up to this!

july 4th washington dc millions of tea party people.

[agentc73]

Illegals steal @ 8 trillion a year in wages from LEGAL US citizens(incl LEGAL immigrants).

That's 20,000,000 Illegal Invaders times @ $40,000 a year wages equals @ $8 TRILLION ($8,000,000,000,000) in wages stolen EVERY YEAR.

Let alone the 336 BILLION ($336,000,000,000) a year stolen in public services.

Maybe 20,000,000 Americans should abandon the USA, show up in China, and demand THEY learn English, and demand they give us citizenship?

If they don't do as we say, we'll call them "racist"!!!

[EkBalam707]

then, demand to your government to stop being corrupt

corruption exist in both sides of our borders, and mostly in our maritime borders(FL)

[crashit0079]

Right sanchez but! Mexicans are the major offenders.If you have a brain tumor and a tumor in your ass. The brain tumor is terminal. Which one do you want taken out first? HELLO! the terminal one of course! Mexico is a TUMOR! we start there first.

[shortylittles]

comon who cares wat word you use on the filthy free loading iligal imigrants. they dont and nver shud be anle toy come in this country. no i am not racist but if they want to come in this counntry they have to do it the legal way

[sanchezmoreno]

idiot more illegal are the peoples who cross the ocean and not only who cross one river.

[sunbeam7]

Dont want ILLEGAL aliens? Vote Ron Paul.

He doesnt compromise our Constitution.

[morgenundsliebe]

You better use another decent word b'cause using tht word you just look ignorant and disrespectfull. In the end we are all humans.

[morgenundsliebe]

AH! This idiots seems to love the way that this word sound "illegal allien". Girl you look to nice for such a stupid word. Please be the cutie everybody is expecting to see and stop saying tht dumb word please.