From Sen Rand Paul’s website
Immigration
I do not support amnesty, I support legal immigration and recognize that the country has been enriched by those who seek the freedom to make a life for themselves. However, millions of illegal immigrants are crossing our border without our knowledge and causing a clear threat to our national security. I want to work in the Senate to secure our border immediately. In addition, I support the creation of a border fence and increased border patrol capabilities.
Immigrants should meet the current requirements, which should be enforced and updated. I realize that subsidizing something creates more of it, and do not think the taxpayer should be forced to pay for welfare, medical care and other expenses for illegal immigrants. Once the subsidies for illegal immigration are removed, the problem will likely become far less common.
I support local solutions to illegal immigration as protected by the 10th amendment. I support making English the official language of all documents and contracts.
Millions crossing our border without our knowledge constitutes a clear threat to our nation’s security. Instead of closing military bases at home and renting space in Europe, I am open to the construction of bases to protect our border.
http://www.paul.senate.gov/?p=issue&id=12
Doesn’t sound totally insane to me.
Imho, what a politician has said in the past is more reflective of his beliefs than what he posts on his website.
“From Sen Rand Paul’s website
Immigration...
...Immigrants should meet the CURRENT REQUIREMENTS, WHICH SHOULD BE enforced and UPDATED....”
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Read Rand Paul’s WEASEL WORDS. I’ve capitalized the ones which are “GOPe code” for “legalization” (i.e., simply AMNESTY using a different name). Please note that the Chamber of Commerce sycophant/Internationalist Paul Ryan does NOT say anything about deporting the tens of millions of illegal aliens in our midst. Most illegals will SELF DEPORT if hiring of illegals results in VERY LARGE FINES and the government would actually seek out these CRIMINAL members of their local Chamber of Commerce.
And no more catch and released. Make being caught in this country illegally a FELONY which will automatically FOREVER bar the illegal from returning as an illegal. However, illegals who want to turn themselves in and deport themselves should be given (for a VERY limited time) the right to passage to the border of their choice.
Rand Paul is POISON to me and he should be to all FReepers IMHO.