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Ben Carson Immigration Reform: Let Undocumented Immigrants Work On Farms
IBT ^ | 9/16/15 | Michael Kaplan

Posted on 10/24/2015 7:18:06 AM PDT by jimbo123

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson defended his immigration plan during Wednesday night's Republican debate, but his explanation only got him into further trouble with some voters. Carson supports giving guest-worker status to millions of undocumented immigrants without criminal records.

"After we seal the borders, after we turn off the spigot that dispenses all the goodies...people who had a pristine record we should consider allowing them to become guest workers primarily in the agricultural sphere," Carson said. "If they don't do it within that time period then they become illegal and as illegals they will be treated as such," he said.

Carson said his plan is not amnesty because farmers cannot find American workers, which prompted criticism from some social media users who perceived the remark as suggesting immigrants can only do farm work.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; amnestypimp; bencarson; carson; guestworkers; illegals
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1 posted on 10/24/2015 7:18:06 AM PDT by jimbo123
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Sorry Ben. I like you on various issues but you have no idea what you’re talking about here.


2 posted on 10/24/2015 7:19:43 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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The militia was exactly what was set up to throw the illegals out. The powers andthe wussies are afraid of calling up a militia. They want a full and unconditional draft to government or die.


3 posted on 10/24/2015 7:22:46 AM PDT by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall no)
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Absolutely no reason for farmers not to have to craft appealing jobs at appealing wages like every other sector of our economy.

More automation undoubtedly is in order, but also simply a free market that rewards those farmers who match their jobs to the low-skill labor demand.


4 posted on 10/24/2015 7:25:21 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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We have plenty of unskilled (by choice) laborers her already who need to make their own money instead of taking mine. Wait, is asking gibsmedats to harvest fields racist?


5 posted on 10/24/2015 7:28:47 AM PDT by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: Vaquero

Sorry Ben. I like you on various issues but you have no idea what you’re talking about here.
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Yeah, I agree with you, which makes me wonder about the high polling numbers that Carson is getting. Do we have Dems and so called “moderates” raising Carson numbers to counter Trump, or do we have too many low information Conservatives voters out there? I think Carson would make a wonderful Surgeon General but I am not in agreement with his views on immigration or foreign policy.


6 posted on 10/24/2015 7:29:18 AM PDT by parthian shot
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No! Let ‘undocumented immigrants’ stay in their own countries!


7 posted on 10/24/2015 7:29:25 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: 9YearLurker
Absolutely no reason for farmers not to have to craft appealing jobs at appealing wages like every other sector of our economy.

This is exactly it, and something I pointed out in an article a few years ago: support for illegal immigration is really just another form of crony capitalism.

8 posted on 10/24/2015 7:30:18 AM PDT by Yashcheritsiy (It's time to repeal and replace the GOP)
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To: jimbo123

Hell no. Go sell that crap to the RNC and DNC. It’s useless for the actual country.


9 posted on 10/24/2015 7:32:40 AM PDT by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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I do not have a problem with guest workers as long as they have to go back to their home countries to apply, have to return when the visa expires or face drastic penalties, and cannot become residents and citizens.


10 posted on 10/24/2015 7:37:36 AM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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To: Yashcheritsiy

Yep.


11 posted on 10/24/2015 7:38:11 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Vaquero

When it comes to reality of managing an entire country the size of the US, Sleepy has no clue on this issue and too many others to list. Perhaps he should try running something smaller - like a hot dog stand for starters.


12 posted on 10/24/2015 7:38:49 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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Celebrity Apprentice.


13 posted on 10/24/2015 7:40:04 AM PDT by I Hired Craig Livingstone (DT16. Deal with it.)
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Just this week I found out that Carson’s faith does not approve of military service in anything but non combatant roles. Pacifism is completely incompatible with being an effective Commander in Chief.

Carson attended a dinner in honor of Al Sharpton where he said that he and Al Sharpton had the same goals.

He also wants Louis Farrakhan to have a leadership role on public policy in Chicago.

I already knew about his view that deporting illegals was not moral.

I have to wonder when those supporting this man are going to actually look at his policies and ask themselves why?


14 posted on 10/24/2015 7:46:38 AM PDT by conservativejoy (We Can Elect Ted Cruz! Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God!)
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“Carson said his plan is not amnesty because farmers cannot find American workers, which prompted criticism from some social media users who perceived the remark as suggesting immigrants can only do farm work.”

Unfortunately, in almost any “industry you can name,” illegal workers have infested it. I worked in the Silicon Valley for 30 years. The only difference between the fields of the Central Valley and the “clean rooms” in the SV is the ethnicity of those working there. The real truth is that the “industry leaders” in all areas of endeavor are imbued with the idea that they have to have cheap labor “in order to compete.” The truth of the matter is that they just want to pay as little as they have to for workers, and it doesn’t matter a whit to them what happens to our country as a consequence. Take Carson off the list, he’s just another “organ grinders monkey” for the CoC.


15 posted on 10/24/2015 7:52:28 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: conservativejoy

Herman Cain. There’s no affirmative action like GOP affirmative action.


16 posted on 10/24/2015 7:54:44 AM PDT by I Hired Craig Livingstone (DT16. Deal with it.)
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To: 9YearLurker
Absolutely no reason for farmers not to have to craft appealing jobs at appealing wages like every other sector of our economy. More automation undoubtedly is in order, but also simply a free market that rewards those farmers who match their jobs to the low-skill labor demand.

Automation is exploding in the fruit packing industry as well as out on the farms. People in agriculture aren't stupid. They are automating to reduce the amount of labor and the cost of labor and putting the investment into technology. If one looks at the labor needs of agriculture, then one will notice that labor needs are being reduced at an ever increasing rate.

17 posted on 10/24/2015 7:55:57 AM PDT by Parmy
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I totally agree.


18 posted on 10/24/2015 8:05:08 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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Carson said his plan is not amnesty because farmers cannot find American workers

Bull. Get rid of welfare, EBT cards and let "the poor" do some farm work.

19 posted on 10/24/2015 8:12:34 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (I am going to get those guns out of peoples hands. - Hillary Clinton 10/05/2015)
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And/or, pay them more. I thought conservatives understood supply and demand.


20 posted on 10/24/2015 8:14:43 AM PDT by I Hired Craig Livingstone (DT16. Deal with it.)
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