if he’s standing at the end, that’s good, because i’ll be able to vote for him (something i couldn’t do with romney). godly man, an able man and a proven, battle tested conservative. and yes, i’m virulently opposed to amnesty of any stripe. if he proposes or supports a *new* or *different* path to citizenship for illegals then the path we already have for legals, or someone can show me positively where he supports rubio-schumer’s gang of 8 style amnesty bill (because that is the exemplar and defacto statement of the GOP’s amnesty), then i’ll reconsider my position and take a hard look at what he’s proposing.
I can write a small book on all the hoops I had to jump through to acquire US citizenship in 1970. I came here legally on a student visa, earned a graduate degree in engineering from U of Iowa, was sponsored by my employer for resident visa after 18 months of proven work record, which almost was rejected by immigration, the Dean of engineering college had to interject with Immigration on my behalf to get through that hurdle. After that I had to fight with immigration over my draft registration status. FBI investigated my case and gave me 100% clearance. After that I had to wait 3 more years to become eligible for citizenship. I had to pass a test on knowledge of US Constitution during a verbal interview.
In my post #22, I forgot to add, that is why I am virulently opposed to any path to citizenship for anyone who broke laws and is here illegally.