...The Republican Party must embrace more legal immigration.[Posted on 03/19/2013 7:04:07 AM PDT by Perdogg]
Unfortunately, like many of the major debates in Washington, immigration has become a stalemate-where both sides are imprisoned by their own rhetoric or attachment to sacred cows that prevent the possibility of a balanced solution.
Immigration Reform will not occur until Conservative Republicans, like myself, become part of the solution. I am here today to begin that conversation.
Let's start that conversation by acknowledging we aren't going to deport 12 million illegal immigrants.
If you wish to work, if you wish to live and work in America, then we will find a place for you...
This is where prudence, compassion and thrift all point us toward the same goal: bringing these workers out of the shadows and into being taxpaying members of society.
Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers.12 million more people assimilating into society. 12 million more people being productive contributors.
Latinos, should be a natural constituency for the party, Paul argued, but "Republicans have pushed them away with harsh rhetoric over immigration." ...he would create a bipartisan panel to determine how many visas should be granted for workers already in the United States and those who might follow... [and the buried lead] "Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers...[Posted on 04/21/2013 1:52:42 PM PDT by SoConPubbie]
Try more like 30 million low income illegals (Mexicans mostly).
And how will they vote?
Like their legal low income (mostly Mexican) brethren...for the handout candidates.
They are, as R.L. said, simply unregistered Democrat voters.
Were they mostly Conservative or Republican gonna-be voters, Obaba, Reid, Schummer, Pelosi, Feinstein and all the other Fascists would be fighting tooth and nail to not just kill any amnesty chances, but to deport them all in mass...yesterday.
All Amnesty will do, will be (courtesy the language of the long, will-not-be-read bill) will insure about 50 million new Dem voters over the next 10 to 20 years who will most all be living on the dole.
But to look on the bright side, since Americans have FULL EMPLOYMENT and there are far more job openings than there are unemployed to fill them, the 50 million new Dem voters (and Union members) will start filling today’s URGENT need to fill the ABUNDANT job openings.
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Before the 1920’s there were basically no immigration laws - basically anyone who wanted to come here could. I believe in that. This whole immigration thing is largely a function of the 20th century growth in government intrusion and laws. Conservatives’ ill-advised focus on this with Paul could derail a candidate who is serious about setting this country back on the right footing of less government and taxes and more free enterprise.