Posted on 03/18/2013 9:18:23 PM PDT by montag813
WASHINGTON On Tuesday Sen. Rand Paul will urge conservatives to abandon their long standing opposition to a pathway to citizenship for the millions of undocumented workers in the United States, bluntly warning to not do so Republicans "will need to resign ourselves to permanent minority status," according to excerpts of a Tuesday speech obtained by BuzzFeed.
In a speech to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Legislative Summit, Paul will lay out his case for a conservative, and Republican, embrace of comprehensive reform. "The Republican Party has insisted for years that we stand for freedom and family values. I am most proud of my party when it stands for both Republicans need to give birth to a new attitude toward immigrants, an attitude that sees immigrants as assets not liabilities," Paul will say, according to excerpts of the speech.
Like many Republicans who back a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, Paul argues Latinos should be a natural wellspring of GOP votes that the party has increasingly abandoned.
"Hispanics should be a natural and sizable part of the Republican base. That they have steadily drifted away from the GOP in each election says more about Republicans than it does Hispanics," Paul will say, arguing that "Defense of the unborn and defense of traditional marriage are Republican issues that should resonate with Latinos, but have been obscured by the misperception that Republicans are hostile to immigrants."
Although Paul has long been supportive of comprehensive reform that includes some form of a pathway to citizenship for undocumented workers, Tuesday's speech represents his most detailed comments on the topic.
"Those who work for reform must understand that a real solution must ensure that our borders are secure. It must modernize our immigration controls and databases. It must allow for as much legal immigration as our workforce requires. And it must treat those who are already here with understanding and compassionwithout also unduly rewarding them for coming illegally," Paul will say.
"We should be proud that so many want to come to America, that it is still seen as the land of opportunity. Let's make it a land of legal work, not black market jobs. Let's make it a land of work not welfare. Our land should be one of assimilation, not hiding in the shadows."
Paul also will take on many of the talking points used by conservative opponents of comprehensive reform. For instance, Paul will outright dismiss claims that undocumented immigrants have become a drain on the nation's welfare system, saying "I've never met a new immigrant looking for a free lunch."
I agree with your premise. Problem is because enforcement failed, we have the same problem. The problem also effects business because some commerce depends on the workforce. I will
Wait to see the bill before freaking though.
I’ve come to the conclusion that unless we hear them say ‘deportation’ then these politicians are just lying to us.
“Build the fence’ and ‘Secure the border’ are nothing but junk phrases. The one job none of them will do is deport the millions of foreign nationals who ignore our laws and squat here because they feel like it.
“Enforcement simply fell be the wayside as the years went by. “
Enforcement didn’t fall to the wayside. It was purposely ignored by GHW Bush and Clinton and then actively subverted by the Dubya and Obama.
Makes criminals out of people who want to work.
Moreso than border guards, immigration reform needs to be coupled with welfare reform. We've made it more attractive to citizens to sit on their asses and collect checks, and driven people who want to work and create wealth into the black market.
I read somewhere that 41% of Mexicans would like to become Americans. A few years ago I was talking to a Mexican and asked if he could get equal work would he rather go home or stay here. He said he would rather go home. I asked him what he like best about here. He said, “The police are honest.”
What he said was he will go for reform if they get to vote every year for security compliance on the border!! Thus if they are not getting the border secure the immigration agenda would not move forward!!!
That's a gimmick, that is like the debt ceiling
I saw a poll the other day that 50% of Mexicans would like to come to the US. If you think that number is a little low, keep in mind — the other 50% are already here!
We have a lot of them in Dalton, Georgia. When they register their children for school they seek free lunch and breakfast.
All the idiots on here who cheered Paul’s siding with Al Qaeda and CAIR are now finding their Golden Hero selling them out on amnesty.
This guy is to the LEFT of Obama! Thank God he will never be President!
I'd say about 95% of the time the problem people list with immigration is nothing to do with immigration per se, but instead with welfare.
If the 10 million weren't from south of the border, but instead were babies that weren't aborted, would we have a problem with the lack of abortions?
I told all in previous posts that Rand Paul is Amnesty Liberal.
I am sure the Liberal PhonyCons will continue to spin for him
Be interesting to hear the spin on how its OK for Ra Paul to be Amnesty Liberal
“I’ve never met a new immigrant looking for a free lunch.”
Come on down to the local DSS office Rand. I’ll show you 100 on any given day.
No voting rights - EVER!!!
Photo ID to vote.
We’ve been here before and just got shit on.
I do not believe the country has changed that much since 2006, especially during a Depression.
What this liberal kook fails to admit is if we make voting members of the ILLEGAL population in this country they will vote democRAT thus giving Republicans/conservatives "permanent minority status".
This man is as kooky as his dumbass father.
They come here mainly for...free stuff.
Et tu Rand?
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