Santorum: Mass Deportations Would Be A ‘Blessing’ For Central America

Santorum: Mass Deportations Would Be A ‘Blessing’ For Central America
By Allegra Kirkland
Published January 19, 2016, 12:20 PM EST


Rick Santorum told the audience at a Tuesday campaign event that deporting millions of undocumented immigrants back to Central America would be a “blessing” to their home countries, The Des Moines Register reported.

“Do you realize what a blessing they will be to their country when they go back?” the Republican presidential candidate said. Santorum was recounting a conversation with a teacher who worked at a mostly-minority Iowa school and was concerned about the deportation of her students, according to the Register.

Santorum suggested that the English-language skills and education that young immigrants have acquired in the United States will serve them well when they return to countries like Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador—nations he described collectively as a “mess.”

“You are talking about folks who are going to be the leaders of their countries,” Santorum said. “I think that the best thing that we can do to stem the tide of illegal immigration is to have them go home and save their countries.”

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