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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


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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To: jimbo123

If Carson knew there were more like 30 million here, his wiring would short circuit.


21 posted on 11/12/2015 9:50:35 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: mquinn

Asking ol’ Ben if he’d like to bet that Trump’s plan isn’t practical.


22 posted on 11/12/2015 9:52:08 AM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: jimbo123

“’There’s no reason that they should have to live in the shadows,’ Carson said.”

They are not in “the shadows.” They are all over the place—Walmart, the grocery stores, Sam’s Clubs, shopping malls, and driving on the roads, with or without licenses and sober or drunk.

If you’ve bought these leftist lies, I have a few pyramids suitable for grain storage I’d like to sell you.


23 posted on 11/12/2015 9:52:12 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: Don Hernando de Las Casas

Ben Carson is the least qualified candidate running for president. A serial exaggerator with zero executive experience and zero legislative experience - were he white, he would be anonymous.


24 posted on 11/12/2015 9:52:14 AM PST by Dagnabitt (Islamic Immigration is Treason)
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To: jimbo123
What a great position to take.

FOR A DEMOCRAT!

25 posted on 11/12/2015 9:52:39 AM PST by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: jimbo123

I don’t think most people think of asking a brain surgeon on whether or not a plan is pragmatic.

I think they would be a lot more comfortable with asking a SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS man.


26 posted on 11/12/2015 9:54:14 AM PST by Amntn
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To: jimbo123

Carson, you are so wrong on this! Now this is a legitimately BIG reason why I will not vote for him.


27 posted on 11/12/2015 9:56:44 AM PST by celmak (GO TED CRUZ !!!)
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To: jimbo123

I can see incoming x 10 coming in now!


28 posted on 11/12/2015 9:58:09 AM PST by dforest
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To: jimbo123

So according to Ben we should just accept the invasion and destruction.


29 posted on 11/12/2015 9:58:27 AM PST by Altura Ct.
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To: jimbo123

What was the number last time? 3? 4? million illegals? when we tried the pragmatic approach. We were told then deporting all of them was not do-able. So the compromise was to pretending to build a fence on the southern border.

See where/how it got us? The ‘official’ number is 11 mil (and that’s laughable). And Dr. Carson thinks he could ‘motivate’ the nation for yet another pragmatic approach.

I am sick and tired of politicians lying to me, Dr. Carson is supposed to be ‘not a politician’, yet he hasn’t shown me the difference of his stands on a wide range of topics.


30 posted on 11/12/2015 9:59:27 AM PST by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: VanDeKoik

‘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.’

Perfectly said. I agree! The GOP is a big disappointment on this issue for years! We have a few talk it up tough but never brought up on the stump until Trump started pouncing on this.


31 posted on 11/12/2015 9:59:28 AM PST by djstex
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To: jimbo123
Talk about wishy washy. I'm getting tired of this guy. Quickly.

What's his qualifications to be president again?

32 posted on 11/12/2015 9:59:49 AM PST by McGruff (Trump-Cruz 2016. Make America Great Again.)
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To: mquinn

Carson’s plan, blanket amnesty is so much better.


33 posted on 11/12/2015 10:00:05 AM PST by Kenny (RED)
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To: jimbo123

It’s 40 million and it’s completely pragmatic.


34 posted on 11/12/2015 10:00:15 AM PST by Williams (Dear God, please save us from the Democrats. And the Republicans.)
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To: jimbo123

Cruz and Trump need to take this clown out and do it right now. The same with Rubio. If Carson and Rubio are not taken down, we might as well brace ourselves for another democrat presidency and all of the horrors that come with such a nightmare.


35 posted on 11/12/2015 10:02:34 AM PST by Gator113 (~~Cruz, OR LOSE~~ Ted Cruz REMAINS the only true Conservative in this race. ~~ just livin' life~~)
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To: jimbo123

Uncle Ben’s as tone deaf as Yeb. That tears it for me.
He doesn’t deserve anything in the Trump administration.


36 posted on 11/12/2015 10:02:49 AM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: jimbo123

Carson is a total kook. He attacked his mother a with a hammer!! He said he stabbed a kid with a knife and it never happened. He boasted of a scholarship to West Point!! He said he got the “honesty” award at Yale and it didn’t happen !! Now he is for AMNESTY!! This guy fell to 4% after the last debate. He is kiddie table next time.


37 posted on 11/12/2015 10:03:30 AM PST by WENDLE (Trump is not bought . He is no puppet.)
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To: jimbo123

So it’s Trump and Cruz against everyone else on this issue, it seems.


38 posted on 11/12/2015 10:05:15 AM PST by dem bums
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To: jimbo123

I am so tired of this. The only plan we need is to enforce the laws we already have on the books. Period.
First candidate that understands that has my vote.


39 posted on 11/12/2015 10:05:26 AM PST by kalee
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To: jimbo123

There are only three potential Presidents who WILL uphold the rule of law.

Santorum, Cruz , or Trump.

If you vote for any of the others, you are voting for Death To America.


40 posted on 11/12/2015 10:05:45 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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