You seem to be defending Paul and criticizing Rubio when they both support paths to citizenship for illegals. Hmmm?
“they both support paths to citizenship for illegals.”
False.
A key difference with the Schumer/Rubio bill. The Senate bill would grant probationary legal status to illegals on the day the bill is signed into law; the path to a green card and eventual citizenship would, however, be contingent upon improvements in border security. Immigration hawks argue that that’s not good enough. Realistically, once someone has probationary legal status, there’ll be no political will to revoke it or to postpone the citizenship process indefinitely until border security has been tightened. Paul’s solution is to make that initial probationary legal status also contingent upon better border security. Illegals here get nothing until there’s real evidence that the border’s being enforced more comprehensively.”
Paul knows that the PTB won’t secure the border so, he simply playing a hand the establishment coan’t stomach.
And Yes I care NOT for Rubio and his establishment ties.
Rand Paul didn’t mention citizenship. As far as I can tell, he just wants work visas for illegals aliens which will provide them with a legal status.
In reality, that just makes Paul a “useful idiot.” Once illegals aliens have a legal status, the Democrats will, one way or another, create the “Path to Citizenship.” They’re not going to pass up those votes. And, contrary to moronic ‘Pubbie expectations, illegals are NOT “natural conservatives.” They are natural looters - that is how their countries were run, and that is how they will do things if they get the chance.
Also, because the cost of their labor will go up (employers will have to start paying proper taxes on the illegals they’ve been employing under the table, pay scale, etc.), new illegals will cross the border and take their place.
Worst of all, any hint of the passage of such a bill will cause a stampede across our still very unsecured border.
Overall, I’d say Paul is an idiot. I guess they don’t call the GOP “The Stupid Party” for nothing.
Secure, hell, FORTIFY our borders. Then we can discuss the rest. NO “comprehensive” reform - do things one step at a time, in the open.