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Amnesty, Shamnesty. Is that what you got?

Maybe you should actually be made aware of Rand Paul’s position on immigration.

“I do not support amnesty, I support legal immigration and recognize that the country has been enriched by those who seek the freedom to make a life for themselves. However, millions of illegal immigrants are crossing our border without our knowledge and causing a clear threat to our national security. I want to work in the Senate to secure our border immediately. In addition, I support the creation of a border fence and increased border patrol capabilities.

Immigrants should meet the current requirements, which should be enforced and updated. I realize that subsidizing something creates more of it, and do not think the taxpayer should be forced to pay for welfare, medical care and other expenses for illegal immigrants. Once the subsidies for illegal immigration are removed, the problem will likely become far less common.

I support local solutions to illegal immigration as protected by the 10th amendment. I support making English the official language of all documents and contracts.

Millions crossing our border without our knowledge constitutes a clear threat to our nation’s security. Instead of closing military bases at home and renting space in Europe, I am open to the construction of bases to protect our border.”
http://www.paul.senate.gov/?p=issue&id=12

" ... I want to work in the Senate to secure our border immediately. In addition, I support the creation of a border fence and increased border patrol capabilities. ..."

"I want to work in the Senate " ... Senator, you ARE in the Senate. How much have you done to 'secure the border'?

Any time they bring up 'secure the border', it is a canard. It sounds good, but it means little.

Until they get to the point of saying, "Secure the border, then we will discuss other immigration issues", they are just trying to pull the wool over the anti-amnesty crowds' eyes.

Frankly, you can keep equivocating on your candidate's ideas on illegals - whatever. The fact remains, even with his or any of the others' protestations about AMNESTY as a specific goal and how they're ALWAYS against it, it is ALWAY followed by some equivocating 'however', 'but' and so forth. It's always 'work visas', some sort of 'legalization' or other appeasing action that still leaves us with the eventual drive to legalize them all - to a tee.

Even in your arguments you've redefined illegals who are criminals as plain old 'immigrants' as if they've followed some sort of official process - laughable.

They won't secure the borders before they take whatever vote-getting action they want to impose, they won't throw out ANY of them, NOT ONE.

I could argue with you all day long. I hope you respond and continue. I'd be more than willing to waste your time so that you do not infect some other poor unsuspecting fool with your drivel. I won't ever change my mind about it so have at it.