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."
Well, we could start with the following two facts:
1. She has stated publicly that we should build the fence NOW!
2. She was one of a few high-profile LOUD supporters of AZ1070. You remember AZ1070 don’t you?
She has also stated that illegals should not get Drivers Licences.
So with respect to this issue, she is one of the only politicians I’ve seen who positions on this issue are truly evolving in the right direction.
Rand Paul drops the ball - and any and all presidential hopes, assuming he had any.
The whole point of the '86 legislation was to be bring the system back under control so that we wouldn't be in a position where we have 15 - 20 million illegals in the country.
The amnesty was the proverbial sacrifice that had to be made in order to achieve the goal. We were finally going to get serious about enforcement after we had absorbed those millions into the system.
Enforcement simply fell be the wayside as the years went by.
I let him know what I think. Here’s the contact link for anyone else so inclined:
http://www.paul.senate.gov/?p=contact
He’s as rotten as his old man!!!
The illegals seem to be intent on coming here to work. We have a perfectly serviceable set of immigration laws. If they wanted to become citizens, they could apply and follow the rules. In the absence of that, why do we need to take any action regarding citizenship?
Right.
Here in Dallas you can find them “hiding in the shadows” most any day just east of downtown all up and down Ross Av. About 20 - 30 at a time in the Quicky-Mart across the street from Chase Bank.
If you sit in the parking lot of the Chase Bank you can watch pickup trucks pull in across the street where the illegals hop "out of the shadows" and into the trucks.
All Day.
Every Day.
.
I knew better than to jump on the bandwagon too quickly. I WILL NOT embrace “immigration reform”.
Here in Denton they make up about 80% of my fellow tenants and I’m guessing the same would be true anywhere else in the metroplex at this price point. But they’re much quieter and more civilized than the renters in my complex in Biloxi (can you guess why?) and most actually have some type of employment, from what I can see. And none of them have offered me illegal drugs, women or stolen anything from me. Big improvement.
“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”
Stick a fork in him. Why these fools prefer to serve foreign nationals who show contempt for our laws rather than send them packing is a mystery to me.
“And muffles the “amnesty” part so people won’t notice that.”
Hugh Hewitt, Michael Medved, and other clever members of the Treason Lobby are now calling amnesty “regularization” in hopes that it will fool us.
i will fight against this like i did against 2009 obamacare. it has to be opposed ferociously. remember if we force them to do it in the middle of the night, they will make mistakes, they will leave us future openings. it really is always the battle that counts. the ultimate result is in His hands.
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