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Bachmann for President

"We Can't Settle on Immigration" +
  1:24 web video from Sept. 30, 2011.

Bachmann: Last week we conservatives were accused of not having a heart.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  It's just that we have a mind to go with that heart, and failing to act rationally under rule of law has created chaos on our borders.

We can't settle for a president who would encourage more illegal immigration through magnet policies like tuition breaks for illegal aliens or their children.  That's an abuse of an executive power.  It's unfair to students who are here legally, and it's a risk to our national security. 

We can't settle for a president who says he supports states' rights but abandoned the state of Arizona when they attempted to do what the federal government wouldn't: enforce immigration laws. 

We can't settle for a president who thinks building the fence to secure the border is idiocy and on its face ridiculous. 

We can't settle for a president who doesn't understand that illegal immigration is illegal and shouldn't be rewarded. 

I won't settle for porous borders; I will build a fence.  And I won't settle for treating college students who are legally in our country unfairly, and as president I'll support the states in securing their borders. 

Just because we have policy differences, doesn't make us any less compassionate.

Notes: Curiously the press release announcing this video has a "full text of the video" which is on the same subject but decidely different:

Illegal immigration is a problem in the United States and unfortunately the federal government has failed us all to often. We have a narcoterrorism war on our southern border. As President of the United States I will build the fence – every mile, every yard, every foot, every inch. American needs to have its southern border protected. I will also fully resource our border security guards. I will tell them, 'If you uphold the law, we will have your back.' I'll do the same for our ICE agents and the interior of the United States as well. For too long our laws on the books haven't been enforced. The problem isn't the laws; the problem has been the politicians. I will stand behind our laws and stand behind our agents, and I'll have their back. Also as President, I'll make sure we no longer enforce or support policies that act as magnets to bring illegal aliens into the United States. We need to stop taxpayer subsidies to illegal aliens. As President of the United States, you have my word; I will solve the problem of illegal aliens.