Also, Arnold said at the beginning of the campaign that he still supported Proposition 187. And now he supports this sweeping amnesty? That makes him a major liar. I had thought he was relatively honest.

He clearly exercised deception in the way he talked about this issue overall. For instance, the Washington Times previously reported that:

“Mr. Schwarzenegger, in particular, has said when asked that he supports Proposition 187. In a radio interview yesterday, he reiterated that stance, but said the issue was moot because courts had largely voided the measure.

“The bodybuilder-turned-actor also told host Sean Hannity that illegal aliens already here should stay, but said that was an issue for the federal government, and a spokesman later told reporters Mr. Schwarzenegger was not making an amnesty proposal.”

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20030827-114532-9551r.htm

But then he himself is accused of having violated his visa in the early 70’s by starting his own business: http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/special_packages/recall/6825160.htm

I must amend my earlier statement that Schwarzengegger lied. He did say during the campaign that he supported legalization. In an interview on August 29 he said:

“Proposition 187 has been resolved by the courts. It is time to move on. More than 2.3 million undocumented immigrants currently live in California. They cannot continue to live underground. I will work with federal officials to address this problem.”

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/972976/posts?page=51

But it’s more complicated than that. On September 3, just a few days after he said that the illegals “cannot continue to live underground,” i.e., that they should be legalized, he was reported saying the following:

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Austrian-born actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, the leading Republican candidate for California governor, has called for a clampdown on illegal immigrants from Mexico.

Schwarzenegger, who says it took him 15 years to become a legal U.S. citizen, tackled the politically combustive issue of illegal immigration in response to attacks by Democratic recall rival Cruz Bustamante.

Bustamante had accused the “Terminator” star of being anti-immigrant for supporting Proposition 187, the voter-approved measure that sought to deny public services to people in the country illegally.

“What he doesn’t understand is that people like myself waited 15 years to get citizenship,” Schwarzenegger, who came to the United States from Austria in the 1960s, said. “There are people who have been waiting 20 years. I find it unfair to all of a sudden push the whole thing with undocumented immigrants and say they should immediately get citizenship.”

The film star told the John and Ken show on Los Angeles radio station KFI-AM 640 in a telephone interview that he wanted stricter controls and beefed-up patrols on the U.S. border with Mexico. He said he was also against legislation, currently being debated in Sacramento, that would give California drivers licenses to illegal immigrants — a bill that Gov. Gray Davis has said he would sign and Bustamante supports.
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http://www.swisspolitics.org/en/news/index.php?section=int&page=news_inhalt&news_id=4195332

In response to this, a blogger wrote: “I’m ecstatic.” So, clearly Arnold fooled at least some immigration reformers into voting for him.

http://www.gnxp.com/MT2/archives/000972.html

It happens every time, doesn’t it? We think some Republican will show some sanity on out of control immigration. Some of us hoped GWB would do so, or at least some adults in his administration would guide him in that direction. No answer has been found for this problem as of yet.