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Carson: Trump's immigration plan 'not pragmatic'
The Hill ^ | 11/12/15 | Jesse Byrnes

Posted on 11/12/2015 9:38:48 AM PST by jimbo123

Ben Carson is blasting fellow Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's immigration proposals as outside the mainstream and impractical.

"I think they hurt Donald Trump in the long run," Carson said in an interview with the Washington Examiner published Thursday, referring to Trump's deportation plans.

"I think there are enough people who know that there are others in the race that are very reasonable. I don't think he necessarily is the representation of the Republican Party - far from it," Carson told the Examiner.

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"The people that are here, the 11.5 million people here, rounding them up and deporting them may sound good to some people," Carson told the Examiner on Wednesday. "But it's not pragmatic."

"It also affects the farming industry, the hospitality industry. So, you know, we have to be pragmatic as a nation. There's no reason that they should have to live in the shadows," Carson said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; bencarson; carson; chamberofcommerce; elections; hammertime; illegals; mexico
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"The people that are here, the 11.5 million people here, rounding them up and deporting them may sound good to some people," Carson told the Examiner on Wednesday. "But it's not pragmatic."

"It also affects the farming industry, the hospitality industry. So, you know, we have to be pragmatic as a nation. There's no reason that they should have to live in the shadows," Carson said.

1 posted on 11/12/2015 9:38:48 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: jimbo123

Turn the spigot off.

Once illegals are no longer afforded just about every American amenity that citizens have a available to them, they will leave in droves.


2 posted on 11/12/2015 9:41:12 AM PST by mquinn (Obama's supporters: a deliberate drowning of consciousness by means of rhythmic noise)
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To: jimbo123

Maybe Trump should stab and or beat all the illegals over the head with a hammer, Dr.


3 posted on 11/12/2015 9:41:29 AM PST by Don Hernando de Las Casas
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To: jimbo123

Carson, take two of these and call me in the morning.

Placebos but maybe he’ll shut up.


4 posted on 11/12/2015 9:41:45 AM PST by DoughtyOne (It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. (Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.))
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To: DoughtyOne

And the hits just keep on comin’.


5 posted on 11/12/2015 9:42:08 AM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: jimbo123
Not a good place to head Carson, with your patholicial problems, Trump will steamroll right over you....
6 posted on 11/12/2015 9:42:28 AM PST by HarleyLady27 (I have such happy days, I hope you do too!!!)
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"It also affects the farming industry, the hospitality industry.

Don't forget the prison industry Ben as well.

Is it pragmatic to have them live in the prisons rather than the shadows? What an idiot.

FUBC

7 posted on 11/12/2015 9:42:30 AM PST by The Iceman Cometh (Proud Teabagging Barbarian Terrorist Hobbit Crazy Cracker Son-of-a-Bitch!)
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To: jimbo123

You’re right, Dr.; they absolutely should NOT live in the shadows—they should live back in the 3rd world sh*&-holes they came from.


8 posted on 11/12/2015 9:42:52 AM PST by Don Hernando de Las Casas
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To: jimbo123

Of course not. It’s American! No borders, no country!


9 posted on 11/12/2015 9:43:21 AM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: jimbo123

Considering the cost of allowing illegal aliens to suck up gubmint benefits and services for the rest of their lives, it is even less pragmatic to allow them to stay here.


10 posted on 11/12/2015 9:43:28 AM PST by jospehm20
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To: jimbo123

A lot of us thought he was weak on immigration. Now this just proves it in spades. Sorry you Carson supporters. I wonder how Rush is going to handle this news?


11 posted on 11/12/2015 9:44:49 AM PST by Parley Baer
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To: mquinn

Wanna bet Ben?


12 posted on 11/12/2015 9:45:56 AM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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Weed out the light weights! Carson hee haws around every issue including his own! Trump owns up on his choice of plans. The republican candidates only have a plan when Trump talks of his own. Trump leads and all else just follow the Donald! No one was even hinting about illegal immigration until Trump on the Stump! Trump all the way!
13 posted on 11/12/2015 9:47:23 AM PST by djstex
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Don’t go away mad, Carson, just go away. You’re way over your head if you can’t figure out that we’re losing our country. Or do you just not care?


14 posted on 11/12/2015 9:47:58 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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“It also affects the farming industry, the hospitality industry”

So?

Necessity is the mother of invention.

We have plenty of people on welfare and not working. We have just as many that need a 2nd job or some seasonal work.


15 posted on 11/12/2015 9:48:37 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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Carson knows nothing about this.
They infest the cities and dole, they are not sitting 30-40 million in our groves working.


16 posted on 11/12/2015 9:48:59 AM PST by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: mquinn

exactly correcto!


17 posted on 11/12/2015 9:49:13 AM PST by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.l)
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To: jimbo123

11? 30 million? i’ve heard those media/ruling class lies, but 11.5 million?


18 posted on 11/12/2015 9:49:46 AM PST by dadfly
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To: djstex

It makes you wonder if ANY of them would be taking this issue seriously if Trump never got in.

We know now that 99% of them are ok with leaving them all here.


19 posted on 11/12/2015 9:50:14 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: LS

Do I want to place a wager with Ben?
Do I want to wager Ben (as collateral) with another person?

Your reply is confusing. :)


20 posted on 11/12/2015 9:50:14 AM PST by mquinn (Obama's supporters: a deliberate drowning of consciousness by means of rhythmic noise)
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