Patrick Goodenough
CNS News
November 24, 2011
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich delivered some effective lines during Tuesday evening’s Republican presidential foreign policy debate, but the candidate currently leading in the polls also arguably took the greatest risk, defending views on immigration that many conservatives view as amounting to amnesty.
The debate in Washington D.C. — co-sponsored by the Heritage Foundation and American Enterprise Institute and broadcast on CNN — had the eight GOP contenders covering ground from South Asia to the Middle East to the U.S.-Mexico border, with candidates sparring over the Patriot Act, foreign aid, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s proposal to enforce a “no-fly” zone over Syria.
In the latter part of the debate, Gingrich came under fire for his views on how to tackle the issue of illegal immigration.
He called for “a comprehensive approach that starts with controlling the border” and included a guest-worker program.
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