Rand Paul’s immigration speech
03.19.13 | Hon Sen Rand Paul (KY)
Posted on 03/19/2013 7:04:07 AM PDT by Perdogg
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2998395/posts
...The Republican Party must embrace more legal immigration.
Unfortunately, like many of the major debates in Washington, immigration has become a stalemate-where both sides are imprisoned by their own rhetoric or attachment to sacred cows that prevent the possibility of a balanced solution.
Immigration Reform will not occur until Conservative Republicans, like myself, become part of the solution. I am here today to begin that conversation.
Let’s start that conversation by acknowledging we aren’t going to deport 12 million illegal immigrants.
If you wish to work, if you wish to live and work in America, then we will find a place for you...
This is where prudence, compassion and thrift all point us toward the same goal: bringing these workers out of the shadows and into being taxpaying members of society.
Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers.12 million more people assimilating into society. 12 million more people being productive contributors.
[but he’s not in favor of amnesty, snicker, definition of is is]
Let's see where a meeting of the minds goes. After being so totally disappointed with Rubio traitoring us on immigration and Ayotte and Flake going against just about every word they campaigned on, I'm willing to give Cruz and Paul and the colalition they seem to be building time to coalesce.
At this point it's "show me the money". Cruz was against going into Syria. Rand Paul seems to be "getting it" on the invasion of the US issue with border security first. I'm not giving up on Rubio reaching that point.
These young Senators and HOR reps are evolving. Let's see which ones don't get sucked in by the DC fog.
Let’s start that conversation by acknowledging we aren’t going to deport 12 million illegal immigrants.
You think that has the remotest chance of ever happening? Let reality sink in huh?
“Let’s start that conversation by acknowledging we aren’t going to deport 12 million illegal immigrants.”
Why not? President Eisenhower deported a couple million and the rest stampeded into a retreat back across the Mexican border. This happened in the late 1950s.
This attitude that we must capitulate to illegal aliens invading our country infuriates me.
If someone climbs over my back fence, takes up residence in my tool she and later demands the right to stay, is it my fault for allowing it? Sure, a case can be made for that, but doesn’t change the situation — the invaders must leave.