Rand Paul calls on conservatives to embrace immigration reform (March 19, 2013 Article)

LATimes.com ^ | March 19, 2013 | Michael A. Memoli

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul is calling for conservatives to embrace the cause of immigration reform, outlining a proposal that would grant some form of legal status to the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants after the federal government has certified that the border is secure.

Paul’s proposal, outlined in a speech to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Washington on Tuesday, carefully avoided the term citizenship. Instead, the Kentucky senator said he sought a middle ground that would include a multi-year process of granting visas to undocumented workers that would hinge on the annual verification of the security of the U.S.-Mexico border.

Paul echoed the key finding of an internal review from the Republican National Committee that called for the party to recast its image in order to attract minority voters, saying the GOP must change the perception of the party as anti-immigrant.

Latinos, should be a natural constituency for the party, Paul argued, but “Republicans have pushed them away with harsh rhetoric over immigration.”

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"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton "We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan "A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792 "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams

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Rand Paul Amnesty Ping!

[magna carta]

Rubio is worn out its Rand’s turn again.

[Arthurio]

How’s this for reform — round up the criminal invaders and toss their collective asses out of the country.

[skeeter]

Dont ever talk about being against a growing and increasingly intrusive government again, Rand, because “immigration reform” aka amnesty will guarantee up to 50 million new democrats & customers of the state.

[Steely Tom]

Rand Paul to Conservatives: “Don’t Fear the Reaper.”

[a fool in paradise]

outlining a proposal that would grant some form of legal status to the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants

11 million in California? Or nationwide? Other estimates put it 20,000,000-40,000,000. Shouldn't we debate using the real numbers?

It's like how the low information voters believe 24% of the population is homosexual so therefore their agenda items are pressing matters.

[TomGuy]

to embrace the cause of immigration reform

Embrace the cause?

The cause is open borders that the FED continues to be lax in securing.

The cause is failure of the FED to enforce EXISTING laws.

The cause is politicians more interested in representing illegals than in representing their constituents.

The cause is politicians who are getting some kind of payback for ignoring the 70% of Americans opposed to amnesty for illegals.

Support a new shell game bunch of laws that will have securing the border dumped in the trash can 5 minutes after it passes?

Senator Paul, you, like Senator Rubio, are either naive or you are in on the shell game. What do you get out of this legislation, Sentor?

[FlingWingFlyer]

Give it a big, big hug and keep repeating, “Americans never have to win an election ever again”.

[RIghtwardHo]

Yep. RINO ping pong

[Theodore R.]

A Paul is stil la Paul, rand or not.

[keats5]

To paraphrase Michelle Malkin, why does immigration reform have to be tied to the government’s Constitutional duty to control our boarders?

[Mastador1]

Close and secure the border, and oh yeah shut the F*** up until you get that done! No citizenship for illegal boarder crossers, only an Idiot or traitor rewards invaders!

[pfony1]

Who knew?

A “certication” is just as good as 3 parallel chain-link fences infilled with razor wire!

Will Clueless Napolitano tell us our border is the “safest ever” before or after the Amnesty Bill is signed?

[South Dakota]

i disagree. we cannot afford to deport them all.

rather lets round up,fine and imprison the people that hire them.

the illegals will self deport

[Gaffer]

Gee, you’d think that Rubio and Rand would hold off on their appeasing and horribly fatalistic assessments about what to do about an illegal alien problem here that is ALREA
DY covered by dozens of laws already on the books that aren’t being enforced by our enemy, Obama.

Yeah, just join him why don’t you, Marco and Rand? If you two had any actual foresight into the next national election, let alone what your surrender-like attitude for our national sovereignty will do, you’d probably wait a year or two. But, me? I’m glad you two did it now.

Glad that I won’t have to be strung along with your fake conservative bullshit and excuses and all just to find out in 2015 YOU, like McCain and Romney and whoever else thinks hispanics are the key to winning, to get pissed off and have nowhere to go. Rest assured, neither one of you two effers will get a dime from me - or my vote should that opportunity arise.

[RugerMini14]

Insane, absolutely suicidally insane.

Rand’s 5 minutes are over.

[Sir Napsalot]

No. No new laws. We already have all the laws in place, and nobody enforcing them. What is the point of new laws?

Rubio and Paul and others never clearly explained that.

[chris37]

Absolutely not, Mr. Paul.

I have had enough.

[BobL]

Didn’t take him long to turn in his “Hero of Free Republic” trophy...for the filibuster.