Posted on 06/27/2015 7:52:26 AM PDT by GIdget2004
Donald Trump says if he's elected president, he'd let undocumented workers who are productive stay in the United States, but if they just sponge off the system and don't contribute ... he'd have them deported.
Trump tells TMZ, he'd create a "system of merit," saying people here illegally should have "a road to legal status" if they work hard and contribute to the country.
Trump also says no one really knows how many people are in the U.S. illegally -- he cites different stats that show the figure is somewhere between 11 and 30 million. Trumps says it's unrealistic and inhumane to attempt to deport all of them. Thus, the merit system. He says many undocumented workers are "hardworking people" who deserve a chance to live the American dream.
The candidate was not specific about the criteria for being "productive," but he was specific that people who don't pay their freight over a period of time have no place here.
(Excerpt) Read more at m.tmz.com ...
When you legitimize them from being foreign criminals you give them standing.
“If he boots out the dredges of society, how many do you think will be left?”
He won’t boot out any, and all of them will be left.
It’s amazing how hard people try to believe liars.
Ha! Sounds about right.
Well, that didn’t last long. Trump’s over.
Well whatta ya know...he’s not such a tough guy after all.
In Trump we trust.
I wouldn’t have a problem with this logic. I would just like to add that we can deport lazy a** American citizens as well.
I’d happily trade productive immigrants for welfare queens.
Bull$h!t! They are here for the freebies. Cut them off and most will leave. Put the credit card companies in charge of doling out the freebies, our gov't is too incompetent.
I think every single one is under 4'11". I keep having people walk under my armpit before I know they are there. Bad situational awareness.
I’m all for this, as long as he sticks to the rest of his proposal, which is to build a wall at the border.
We shut the border, and we integrate those who are here already, who actually want to work. And we bring jobs back here to America.
That sounds like a very good compromise.
Oh, Donald. You’ve either jumped the shark or screwed the pooch.
Donald had no shot to begin with.
Donald Trump is a buffoon.
I prefer a road back to Tijuana.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH!!!!!1
MORE LESSER EVIL!!!!
Work hard? OMG!
The Donald has a problem of letting his mouth get ahead of his brain.
If he wants to be considered a ‘serious’ candidate, he is going to have to control his mouth.
Off-the-cuff remarks have done in many a presidental wannabe and Trump in on the precipice.
If anyone still trusts Trump, please Freepmail me. My Father left me $4 billion, but it is stuck in a foreign banking system. If they help me out with a modest remittance fee, then I will split the money with them...
The best response to the ‘we can’t deport them all’ crowd came from Ted Nugent: “Mexico did.”
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