Ben Carson Sketches Plan For Dealing With Illegal Immigrants (Amnesty, then Citizenship)

Powerline ^ | 9/13/15 | PAUL MIRENGOFF

[jimbo123]

During an appearance of Face the Nation, Dr. Ben Carson took a stab today at outlining how he would deal with the issue of illegal immigration. After criticizing Donald Trump’s concept of deporting every illegal immigrant (and then readmitting “the good ones”), Carson said this:

[L]et’s say we get [the borders] sealed, because certainly in a Carson administration that would be done within the first year. You also turn off the spigot that dispenses the goodies, so that people don’t have any incentive to come here.

Then those who are here, we have to recognize that we can’t just round them up, but we can give them an opportunity to register. I would give them a six-month period.

If they register, and if they have a pristine record, they haven’t been causing problems, I would give them an opportunity to become guest workers — not citizens, not voting people, not people who get goodies. I think that would be a fair way to do it.

In terms of them becoming citizens later on down the road if they’ve done things the right way, we the American people will decide what the criteria for that ought to be.

[ManHunter]

See ya Doc! You fell off my list. Nice guy, good doc and good Christian, but utterly clueless when it comes to policy issues.

[conservativejoy]

He wants to be yet another President who does not enforce our laws. Like Yeb he thinks deportation is immoral.

[chris37]

Yeah, there seems to be a whole lot of that in the GOP.

I don’t intend to make any such person president.

If you aren’t talking about how to send them home, then you aren’t even talking.

[CASchack]

Here comes a big, fat fastball over the middle of the plate. Carson swings....and misses!

[Honcho]

It’s a great point. Again... I feel like if we get the border secure we are in a better position but I would certainly prefer that...