Posted on 04/21/2013 1:52:42 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul is calling for conservatives to embrace the cause of immigration reform, outlining a proposal that would grant some form of legal status to the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants after the federal government has certified that the border is secure.
Paul’s proposal, outlined in a speech to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Washington on Tuesday, carefully avoided the term citizenship. Instead, the Kentucky senator said he sought a middle ground that would include a multi-year process of granting visas to undocumented workers that would hinge on the annual verification of the security of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Paul echoed the key finding of an internal review from the Republican National Committee that called for the party to recast its image in order to attract minority voters, saying the GOP must change the perception of the party as anti-immigrant.
Latinos, should be a natural constituency for the party, Paul argued, but “Republicans have pushed them away with harsh rhetoric over immigration.”
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DC is still the District of Criminals.
Not on the right side.. not on the left side.. but RIGHT IN THE GROOVE!
We’re on the same page, and singing the same hymn.....
FURP FURP FURP!
They have legal status; they’re illegal!
If and when, likely when, this end America BS passes, I want every person on this thread to remember the names of the people who defended Paul and Rubio.
Then every time you see one of them bitch when another American gets killed, another child gets raped or all the other things illegals are famous for, I would like you all to join me and tell these people to STFU.
They’re both screwing themselves royally with this Establishment agenda.
I fear the 2016 candidates will look no better than the 2012 candidates which proved to be no better than the 2008 candidates. More than 24 years since Reagan and we can’t get control of the party.
Cruz?
Maybe. So far so good. But he has yet to feel the full force of the GOP come down on him. His reaction when it happens, and it will once his star rises too high, will give us that answer.
Lunacy. A supposed champion of conservatives working with one of the foremost radical left Chicano leaders to pass amnesty and wreck both American society and the GOP thereby.
Libertarianism
What we really need is the umgud plan.
No more birthright little welfare citizens
No more public assistance to illegals
No more Earned Icome Credits for illegals
We don’t have to round them up and deport them, just turn off the magnet.
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Yep, yep, and yep. Funny, we NEVER hear of these types of solutions proposed by Rand, or any of the Gang of Eight. It’s just ... let them in, let us get rich, and YOU, the American taxpayer, can just suffer and get squeezed even harder.
Follow the MONEY here — all of these turncoats are in bed with the illegal hirers. They are doing BIG projects, and they NEED their labor.
Few will profit BIG ...the “workers” will be kept down and their families will need welfare. The Americans who finance their welfare and benefits will be pushed off the edge.
This is nothing but watch the Rich get richer and the poor get poorer ....NOTHING ELSE!!!
What part of "first" don't they understand?
You know very well that if he was up to him NONE of them would get a cent from the government.
But he’s just one vote in the Senate.
I like Tom and been following him since 2008 when he was elected.
He’s one to watch... I’m sad he’s not getting into leadership by now.
Boehner hates real conservatives.
He opposes virtually all welfare like me.
E-verify is a government database and unconstitutional.
Rinos to the left of us, Rinos to the right of us!
Where to turn.
What possible leader would the Tea Party and Oath Keepers endorse?
GOP insider politicians who favor “immigration reform” like Marco Rubio need to answer the same question-questions????
I’m watching the scene and want real outsiders changing things in Washington and I don’t see that happening soon.
No Paul endorsement here, but wondering who is your alternative for President in 2016???
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