Kasich was incoherent on illegal immigration. Yeb only a little less so. They came across extremely flaky and I do not think they impressed any primary voters with their stance. You could almost see Marco hunching over hoping the whole topic would just go away.
Trump is right, but only Cruz explained why.
John who?
Kasich has diarrhea of the mouth. He really takes his 1% seriously.
And Reagan later admitted that was the biggest mistake of his presidency.
Trump’s SILLY immigration Policy that all Americans agree with! THAT John is why he is #1
My thoughts are that Trump’s statements are as much a negotiation opening bid as an absolute goal. Maybe he fully intends to deport all 11 million (and I’d be happy if that happens).
Or maybe his end goal is to keep and document the “good ones” and get rid of the “bad ones” and stop future illegals. If that’s the goal he shouldn’t start off telling the Dems “let’s get rid of these 1 million (or 2 or 5) bad ones”. The Dems would try to negotiate down to 100,000 bad ones using their definition of bad (i.e. may vote republican).
He should say “we’ll get rid of ALL of them” then if negotiating is required (which it probably will be in timeline, method, and budget if nothing else) he can let the Dems negotiate over which 100,000 or million to allow to stay of the 11 million, not out of the 1 million.
Aside from negotiation, I don’t think he’s and idiot. And if it ends up that 11 million is unrealistic, he’ll deal with that fact. But start off with the ideal goal and get the best minds to try to make it happen. Then, if those people really can’t find a way, pick the best realistic end. Starting with the politically and technically realistic goal is our problem is lots of areas. Nobody in government tries to meet “stretch goals”. Unlike most successful companies where “stretch goals” are created for any significant effort and are often met by finding non-standard ways of doing things.
The taxpayers are paying thousands of government employees BIG BUCKS to control our borders. LET THEM DO THEIR JOB!