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Ben Carson Calls For Guest-Worker Status For Immigrants [Calls Trump Plan "Impractical"}
YahooNews ^ | September 8, 2015 | JANIE HAR

Posted on 09/08/2015 6:30:32 PM PDT by Steelfish

Ben Carson Calls For Guest-Worker Status For Immigrants By JANIE HAR

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson jabbed Tuesday at front-runner Donald Trump's proposal to deport everyone who is in the country illegally, calling the plan impractical.

"People who say that have no idea what that would entail" legally and otherwise, Carson said, adding: "Where you going to send them?"

The retired neurosurgeon spoke before The Commonwealth Club of California on Tuesday in a 75-minute event in which he took questions from the audience on topics ranging from abortion to immigration, taxation to race relations.

Carson's longshot candidacy is buoyed by humor and a self-deprecating demeanor that some would-be voters say they find refreshing. Trump, the brash front-runner in the GOP nomination fight, has made immigration a centerpiece of his candidacy. Trump says he would deport those living in the country illegally — estimated at 11 million people.

Carson said he would secure the border, but also grant guest-worker status to people who are in the country without documentation. That way, they can pay taxes and come out from the shadows, he said.

Mass deportation, he said, would be expensive and impractical, and crippling to the hotel and agriculture industries.

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TOPICS: Campaign News; Issues
KEYWORDS: aliens; carson; guestworkers; illegals; trump
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To: ladyjane
What can he do .... legislate a yellow sticker on every gun ?

WARNING: The Surgeon General Has Determined You Might Kill Yourself Or Another If You"re Not Careful .... You'LL Shoot Your Eye Out Ralphie

21 posted on 09/08/2015 6:58:44 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: Steelfish

As many have said , not ready for prime time by any stretch ...Bye bye Ben .


22 posted on 09/08/2015 6:59:42 PM PDT by sushiman
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To: Steelfish

Any candidate for public office, including Cruz and Carson who do not understand the devastation the illegal immigrants present currently do to the jobless citizens is not fit for office.

How can such a lovely man be so clueless?


23 posted on 09/08/2015 6:59:45 PM PDT by amihow
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To: familyop

Kind of like Walker having 3 opinions on anchor babies in a week.


24 posted on 09/08/2015 7:00:36 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Steelfish

guest worker visas would go to people that are in line.

illegals wouldn’t be in line... so they wouldn’t get picked


25 posted on 09/08/2015 7:00:41 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: Steelfish
Donald Trump's proposal to deport everyone who is in the country illegally, calling the plan impractical.

Well, Doc, the medical profession is never going to treat and cure everyone, either. It's just impractical. Maybe all the other doctors should also retire.

And law enforcement will never catch all the criminals, and the court system will never convict all the guilty, etc.

Just stop it all and save a lot of effort and money.

Dr. Carson is sounding more like Jebbie every day. I think a lot of folks aren't paying very close attention.

26 posted on 09/08/2015 7:05:03 PM PDT by Will88
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To: Steelfish
Mass deportation, he said, would be expensive and impractical, and crippling to the hotel and agriculture industries.

So let's also reward companies that knowingly break the laws rather than pay higher wages and pass those costs on to consumers.

27 posted on 09/08/2015 7:06:17 PM PDT by aposiopetic
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To: Steelfish

Is there such a thing as Guest Welfare status?


28 posted on 09/08/2015 7:07:09 PM PDT by Williams
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To: aposiopetic

It goes WAY beyond agricultural and hotel workers.


29 posted on 09/08/2015 7:08:08 PM PDT by Williams
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To: Steelfish

Well, bye.


30 posted on 09/08/2015 7:09:28 PM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: Steelfish

Well, cross him off my list of contenders.


31 posted on 09/08/2015 7:09:31 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (Can you remember what America was like in 2004?)
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To: Steelfish

Tell me Dr. Carson, what do you do when you find a cancer in the patients body, do you welcome and nourish it, or do you excise it?


32 posted on 09/08/2015 7:11:00 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Politicians. You can’t believe ‘em. Logical voters can only rely on their governing or legislative records.


33 posted on 09/08/2015 7:15:14 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: Steelfish

You don’t have to round them up. Just severely punish anyone who employs them and they will, largely, self deport.


34 posted on 09/08/2015 7:16:40 PM PDT by Timmy
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To: amihow

C’mon, if Carson wasn’t black, we wouldn’t even know his name.


35 posted on 09/08/2015 7:22:50 PM PDT by ebshumidors
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To: ebshumidors

No one does affirmative action like Republicans do for black candidates. Herman freakin’ Cain was the front-runner for a while for crying out loud.


36 posted on 09/08/2015 7:25:06 PM PDT by I Hired Craig Livingstone (DT16. Deal with it.)
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To: Steelfish

And another one bites the dust ...


37 posted on 09/08/2015 7:26:14 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: I Hired Craig Livingstone

Don’t forget the former RNC chair, whatshisname.


38 posted on 09/08/2015 7:37:30 PM PDT by ebshumidors
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To: Steelfish

We do *not* have to deport illegals in order to minimize their impact either on culture or economy. There are certain privileges they should not enjoy until such time as they’ve earned them. That includes voting, the reception of public benefits, and place in the queue *behind* those who have already applied for full, legal citizenship. Their allegiance to our founding principles must also be proven.


39 posted on 09/08/2015 7:52:38 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (Even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.)
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To: knarf

“Yep ... surgeon general”

Carson has BEAN-gone since he said”

“we might need to restrict
semi-automatic weapons in high crime areas.”

I wouldn’t trust him as a dog catcher without an
understanding of The Bill of Rights.


40 posted on 09/08/2015 8:00:56 PM PDT by DavidLSpud ("Go and sin no more"-Rejoice always, pray continually...)
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