Posted on 08/21/2014 10:13:39 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) suggested that Republican candidates in this year's midterm elections should run on granting a pathway to citizenship for all of the country's illegal immigrants.
Ryan, who had reportedly been working behind the scenes with Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) to get House Republicans to support a broader immigration bill, said that he was "having problems" convincing conservatives to support immigration reform, which he said was "very important."
In a Wednesday interview with Bloomberg News, Ryan said he supported a "path to legalization" for all of the country's illegal immigrants. He said illegal immigrants should be able to "earn citizenship" after they go to the back of the line and not cut in front of legal immigrants.
When asked if he was saying that if illegal immigrants "do a series of things," they "can stay here legally forever," Ryan replied, "They can always get a work permit that is renewed indefinitely." When asked if he would "like to see Republican candidates run on that in this election cycle," Ryan replied, "I'm putting it right here in my book."
A plurality of Americans in multiple national polls have said they would be less likely to vote for candidates who support amnesty legislation.
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When I read something like this it makes me wonder whether the person saying it is being an idiot by trying to be too smart by a half.
A “go to the back of the line” path to citizenship is a poison pill non-starter for the Democrats. Makes me think that Ryan is suggesting something he knows will never happen in order to peel off certain ethnic groups (Indians, Asians, legal Hispanics) who support immigration reform so long as the illegals don’t get to cut to the front of the line of a long, difficult and expensive prices.
That would seeming be a political win-win, use a poison pill to reposition the Democrats as being the extremists who are killing “reasonable” immigration reform.
Process, not prices.
“How about a pathway to citizenship for him in Mexico!!”
Agreed but what abaou tthe corporatists who arwe supporting Ryan
Maybe it is time we supported taxes on them. Maybe a lot of them. You sell out and stab us in the bck then you shell out.
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory again
Paul ryan now in the ranks of Jeb Bush, Chris Christie and Rand Paul.
People who looked like promising conservatives at one time but turned into horrible disappointments that people like me could never ever vote for.
Put a fork in Ryan. He’s done.
But I thought there were already democrats running for the mid terms? Why don’t these wanna be’s just go ahead and officially change their party affiliation to demonrat, I mean who do they think they are fooling?
By the same token, can Americans import undocumented firearms from a foreign country... and receive amnesty?
Dear GOP, please lose this next election.
Sincerely,
Paul Ryan
this is why ryan is dead to me forever.
Ryan should stick to pushing wheelchair-bound old ladies off of cliffs and stay out of politics. Completely out.
These morons don’t want to have a country.
Wow, this guy really has put all his eggs in this loser of a basket.
Yesterday’s principled young conservative GOP leader is today’s hobbyhorse amnesty pimp.
The weird thing is that Paul can’t seem to tell the difference between these two things.
Grrrr.
Rubio is another amnesty lover...as is Jebby.
Ryan, along with any Republican who agrees with him, can go to hell. They’re nothing but traitors.
Republicans should run on “before we do anything to address illegal immigration, there must be a secure border. “
Force the rats to run on an open border agenda.
Why not amnesty with all the goodies for all people who commit petty crimes? Why should one ‘race’ of people be given special treatment as to laws applying to others? Of course we could make the law(s) even less burdensome socially by just declaring there is/are no crimes for such actions.
During an interview by Glenn Beck, during which Ryan was absolutely wowing Beck, Beck exclaimed, “Please don’t be a scumbag!” By which he meant, “Don’t turn out to be a scumbag!”
Beck didn’t get his wish.
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