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Rand Paul Turns Sights To Comprehensive Immigration Reform (Will Embrace Amnesty in Tuesday Speech)
BuzzFeed ^ | 03-19-2013 | John Stanton

Posted on 03/18/2013 9:18:23 PM PDT by montag813

WASHINGTON — On Tuesday Sen. Rand Paul will urge conservatives to abandon their long standing opposition to a pathway to citizenship for the millions of undocumented workers in the United States, bluntly warning to not do so Republicans "will need to resign ourselves to permanent minority status," according to excerpts of a Tuesday speech obtained by BuzzFeed.

In a speech to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Legislative Summit, Paul will lay out his case for a conservative, and Republican, embrace of comprehensive reform. "The Republican Party has insisted for years that we stand for freedom and family values. I am most proud of my party when it stands for both … Republicans need to give birth to a new attitude toward immigrants, an attitude that sees immigrants as assets not liabilities," Paul will say, according to excerpts of the speech.

Like many Republicans who back a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, Paul argues Latinos should be a natural wellspring of GOP votes that the party has increasingly abandoned.

"Hispanics should be a natural and sizable part of the Republican base. That they have steadily drifted away from the GOP in each election says more about Republicans than it does Hispanics," Paul will say, arguing that "Defense of the unborn and defense of traditional marriage are Republican issues that should resonate with Latinos, but have been obscured by the misperception that Republicans are hostile to immigrants."

Although Paul has long been supportive of comprehensive reform that includes some form of a pathway to citizenship for undocumented workers, Tuesday's speech represents his most detailed comments on the topic.

"Those who work for reform must understand that a real solution must ensure that our borders are secure. It must modernize our immigration controls and databases. It must allow for as much legal immigration as our workforce requires. And it must treat those who are already here with understanding and compassion—without also unduly rewarding them for coming illegally," Paul will say.

"We should be proud that so many want to come to America, that it is still seen as the land of opportunity. Let's make it a land of legal work, not black market jobs. Let's make it a land of work not welfare. Our land should be one of assimilation, not hiding in the shadows."

Paul also will take on many of the talking points used by conservative opponents of comprehensive reform. For instance, Paul will outright dismiss claims that undocumented immigrants have become a drain on the nation's welfare system, saying "I've never met a new immigrant looking for a free lunch."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; immigration; paul; rand; randpaul
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To: GeronL

Not so, they are FROM the United States of Mexico.


21 posted on 03/18/2013 9:37:31 PM PDT by Graewoulf (Traitor John Roberts' Commune-Style Obama'care' violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: montag813

Sounds like Ron Paul Jr. meets his Waterloo tomorrow.

What do you get when you toss a hand-grenade into a bodega kitchen?
Linoleum blownapart.


22 posted on 03/18/2013 9:39:14 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: montag813
"bluntly warning to not do so Republicans "will need to resign ourselves to permanent minority status,"

What an idiotic statement. Permanent minority status is exactly what you will get if you do give 11 million (actual number - 20-30 million) illegal aliens the vote.

It seems like Palin and Coulter are the only Republicans with the ba**s to fight this lunacy.

Get it while you can - your life in the future will be that of the Third World. We already have the Hugo Chavez clone in the White House. He will become the norm.

23 posted on 03/18/2013 9:40:12 PM PDT by oldbill
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Show me one instance where she has distanced herself on the issue — other than that ‘secure the border’ canard that they all have used.


24 posted on 03/18/2013 9:40:59 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Graewoulf

That is what I meant


25 posted on 03/18/2013 9:42:26 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: TomGuy

I’m not Governor Palin’s press agent. Find it yourself.


26 posted on 03/18/2013 9:43:01 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's presidential run. What'll you do?)
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To: montag813
Our land should be one of assimilation, not hiding in the shadows."

Assimilation, especially of conservatives.

Sure you didn't write part of the "Autopsy", Rand?

27 posted on 03/18/2013 9:43:40 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("Don't be afraid to see what you see." -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Jeff Sessions blasted the bill on the senate floor. I would say he is not a fan.


28 posted on 03/18/2013 9:46:50 PM PDT by Mozilla
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To: montag813

So, if we already know what he “will say”, why should he even bother to give the speech? We shall see.....


29 posted on 03/18/2013 9:47:23 PM PDT by Donkey Odious ( Adapt, improvise, and overcome - now a motto for us all.)
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To: Jane Long

Same reasoning Marco gave. But it is pure Amnesty.


30 posted on 03/18/2013 9:48:00 PM PDT by Mozilla
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You are the one who said Palin was against it.

Prove it.

You can’t.

Because, she has never said she was against it.

At least Coulter published an article recently stating her objections.


31 posted on 03/18/2013 9:48:41 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: montag813

Well, Rand can join Rubio on my list of “no way in hell will I ever vote for, should they even bother to run” names. Passing amnesty will make all future politics and elections rather moot anyway. End-game for America.


32 posted on 03/18/2013 9:49:04 PM PDT by greene66
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To: Mozilla

Yep. When I hear “living in the shadows” I know it’s code for amnesty. What part of “Illegal” and “breaking the law” do they not understand?


33 posted on 03/18/2013 9:50:47 PM PDT by Jane Long (Background checks? Dandy idea, Mr. President. Shoulda started with yours. - Sarah Palin)
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To: TomGuy
Ping me when Ann Coulter runs for office. Any office. Dogcatcher, vector control commissioner, county clerk, whatever. She's a lawyer, so she could theoretically be a prosecutor or some such.
34 posted on 03/18/2013 9:53:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's presidential run. What'll you do?)
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To: jeltz25

Problem is all the latest polling shows the people are now for it.


35 posted on 03/18/2013 9:53:59 PM PDT by chopperjc
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these turd republicans better figure out real fast that this is the one line they best not cross or they are going lose in 2014 in a way they cannot even imagine ...this will absolutely fracture the republican base and the party will be destroyed.... total dem rule forever


36 posted on 03/18/2013 9:56:21 PM PDT by thestob
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To: Jane Long

Rand should be working to secure the borders. but it seems he is too much like his father and wants open borders. Everyone knows that Obama won’t have to enforce anything in the bill about securing borders. And this at a time where illegals are being released out of jail. Illegals get a free pass according to Marco and Rand and they now stand with McCain and Grahmnesty.


37 posted on 03/18/2013 9:57:09 PM PDT by Mozilla
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To: Graewoulf

You mean like Reagan? I do not say this to be a jerk but I would like to see the path and the bill before yelling too much.


38 posted on 03/18/2013 9:57:09 PM PDT by chopperjc
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To: montag813
"misperception that Republicans are hostile to immigrants."

It's not a misperception...it's been a deliberate attempt by the media to paint "r's" as such. If there is hostility, it is toward law breakers..not immigrants.

39 posted on 03/18/2013 9:58:22 PM PDT by Earthdweller (Harvard won the election again...so what's the problem.......? Embrace a ruler today.)
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To: montag813; AuntB

AuntB,

What’s your take on this?


40 posted on 03/18/2013 9:59:40 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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