1.) It incentivizes more illegals to come with the hope that they too will be "normalized" at some point in the future.
2.) It does not punish anyone for breaking the law.
3.) It creates a new type of citizen who has full rights to live and work here but who either a.) doesn't pay taxes or b.) is taxed without representation.
4.) It doesn't require a way to permanently secure the border.
With all of that being said, I ask again, can you name another plan put forward by a national politician that is better than Paul's plan? Would you agree that his plan is better than Ryan's plan, Pence's plan and the Gang of Eight plan? It is the best detailed plan that has been put forward.
They are working with political realities and while we all wish politician could all be like Ted Cruz, they aren't. A lot of them are spineless tools of special interests and to get any plan passed you need their support.
I am not going to write Paul off because of an immigration plan that sucks but happens to be the best one that I have heard proposed by a national figure.
Abortion - check
Guns - check
Size and scope of government - check
Faith in the constitution- check
Understanding the relationship of free markets to prosperity - check
Those are the five biggies for me. He and Cruz are the only two I feel score perfect 10s on these issues.
The next several topics... Immigration, Defense, the Balkanization of America, etc...clearly push Cruz over the top and he will get my support but Paul is the next best thing.