I am for immigration reform because I am against allowing 12 million more illegal immigrants into our country. If we do nothing, 12 million more illegal immigrants will come. We must be in favor of reform—smart reform that starts with border security.
Characterizing that position as “amnesty” is simply untrue.
What we have now is a lawless border. Current policy is a beacon for more illegal immigrants. The Obama administration’s lawless executive orders legalizing people who came here illegally will only encourage more illegal immigration—unless we act now with real, strong, verifiable border security.
No need for “reform.” Just enforce the laws already on the books.
Bad link there Chick. Might want to have the mods fix it.
He stated that no other reforms would proceed until the border is secured and verified by Congress and not the President. It would be verified every year, also by Congress.
Anything at all except deportation of illegals is amnesty. The border problem is in the White Hut, Congress and the Senate.
As America runs like hell away from Iraq and Afghanistan, there is no reason why the ARMED drones cannot be used to patrol our borders and take them off of sniffing around American taxpayers. JMO.
Stop with the lies. Enforce the law.
He is for legal immigration and so am I.
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If by legal immigration you mean amnesty, then...
IBTZ
New position every hour for this guy....
FURP!! Amnesty pimps need not apply!!
Never going to get illegals out of the country as long as the illegals are in the white hut.
Fine that he doesn’t want more to come in, but what does he propose to do with the millions who are already here? If it’s anything other than arrest and deportation, then sorry, that’s amnesty.
I’m really tired of politicians peeing on our legs and telling us it’s raining.
I don't know if Rand Paul is presidential material; on some things he seems too conciliatory and non-conservative. Nobody can disagree though that he does one very good thing. He takes support away from the mainstream pols in both parties who created the mess we're in. And he's not afraid to speak out.
Can someone translate into English please.
You can’t trust this guy! He’s all over the map. His opinions change like Clinton’s did, stick your finger in the air and see which way the wind blows that day.
I do not for one moment believe he’d have been on a conference calls with people pushing for amnesty if he didn’t believe in it.
Would I go on a conference call with people calling for the Nazis to take over the US? NO Same deal with amnesty.
They have been saying strong borders since 1986. Problem is they don’t mean what they say. It’s a trap. Both the dems and the e-reps want the illegals here.
You can continue to pay no attention to the man behind the curtain if you want, but there will be no secure borders until we get representatives that understand that the current laws need to be enforced, the employers hiring illegals need to pay the cost of having illegals here, illegals and their families need to be removed from the dole, and their children born here or not, get nothing. Make Mexico, etc., pay.
The secure the borders ruse is what the RINOs start shouting whenever they realize no one is buying their amnesty and they start losing elections. In two years it will be the 30th anniversary of secure the border. Things have only gotten worse and neither the executive branch, which refuses to do its job and execute the law, nor the legislative branch, which refuses to do its job and hold the executive branch accountable, have any desire to defend this country from invasion.
Why not JUST enforce the existing laws... ?
I suppose Rand Paul supports:
Continuing to Strengthen Border Security
Earned Citizenship
Streamlining legal immigration
Cracking Down on Employers Hiring Undocumented Workers
If so, then Rand’s saying the same thing on immigration as the White House:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/immigration
Good exercise Rand...backpeddaling.