[itsahoot]

Rand Paul has repeatedly denied that he has proposed a pathway to citizenship.

OK if they are deported they go home. If amnesty is granted they get to stay here.

Clearly Rand's solution can not be called amnesty because, er, uh, oh never mind,

[so_real]

By your conclusion ... amnesty has already been granted because they are here, successfully under the radar, and going no where. They already have amnesty. You and I would both like to put an end to it.

I don't know that Paul's solution is the correct one yet ... I have more research to do. But I do know that placing the illegals under the purview of work visas brings them out from under the radar. The become exposed. The undesirables can be weeded out and the desirables would start to pay taxes.

We already have a work visa program in this country -- and no one is espousing that the work visa program already in place provides "amnesty". So when Rand Paul suggest we ought to use this program already in place to leverage the situation to our advantage, it does not sound like "amnesty" to me. In fact, I do not know that is such a bad idea.

I favor deportation across the board; I don't trust the Republicans do this whatsoever. Paul's suggestion is the only other reasonable approach I've heard. And I do trust Rand Paul to implement it. His solution may not be perfect, but as I dig in ... it doesn't sound bad.

And, the alternative is to let the Republicans talk a big game and accomplish nothing but kick the can down the road another election cycle. I'm going to hear Paul out.