http://www.lvrj.com/news/7761937.htmlMay. 31, 2007
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Clinton makes campaign stop
Presidential candidate discusses immigration, Iraq, other issues
By PAUL HARASIM
REVIEW-JOURNAL
If Sen. Hillary Clinton had unveiled a plan to deport the millions of illegal immigrants living in the United States, Susan Woodall would have been even happier about having driven 90 minutes from Pahrump to Las Vegas to attend an appearance Wednesday by the Democratic presidential candidate.
"I like the fact that she talked about strengthening the borders and really fining employers who hire illegals," Woodall, 70, said after Clinton's town hall-style meeting at Canyon Springs High School in North Las Vegas. "But I wish she could come up with sending the illegal aliens back to Mexico. I know it can't be easy. But that's why she's running for president and I'm not."
Clinton's noon appearance in the packed high school gym -- she answered questions on issues that ranged from the war in Iraq to health care -- followed an earlier campaign stop at the Culinary union. There, in addition to touching on social and economic issues that affect the nation, the candidate backed the union in its effort to win new contracts with gaming companies.
In an interview with the Review-Journal after her Las Vegas Valley appearances, Clinton, D-N.Y., said easy answers are particularly hard to come by on immigration.
"Those who say we should just round them up and deport them, I'd like to know how they intend to do that," Clinton said, adding that Americans face a moral and social challenge in dealing with the people who now work and live in the United States.
To tighten the borders, Clinton advocates more personnel along the border and the "use of new forms of radar and unmanned aerial vehicles."
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