Rand Paul endorses immigrant path to citizenship

[onehandle]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is endorsing a pathway to citizenship for the nation's 11 million illegal immigrants, a significant move for a favorite of tea party Republicans who are sometimes hostile to such an approach.

In a speech to be delivered Tuesday morning to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the potential 2016 presidential candidate declares, "If you wish to live and work in America, then we will find a place for you." A copy of the speech was obtained in advance by The Associated Press.

Paul's path to citizenship would come with conditions that could make it long and difficult for illegal immigrants. Chief among these, Congress would have to agree first that progress was being made on border security.

Nonetheless, Paul's endorsement of allowing illegal immigrants an eventual way to become citizens puts him in line with a growing number of Republicans who are embracing action on immigration as a way to broaden the GOP's appeal to Latinos. On Monday, a Republican National Committee report called on the GOP to support comprehensive reform, though without specifying whether it should include a pathway to citizenship, which is decried by some conservatives as amnesty.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/rand-paul-endorses-immigrant-path-citizenship-033313583--politics.html

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Time to primary him with someone crazier.

[davidpdx]

1. Paul is pretty much doing everything but saying he'll run in 2016

[chelsea0011]

2. And 2020, 2024, 2028, and on and on and on....just like Dad

[davidpdx]

3. Yep, talk about the loser monarchy.....

[alp227]

9. He was speaking before a CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

His immigration plan is most likely pandering to cheap labor corporations.

[pampango]

10. Good point. Keeping them here but 'illegal' with no rights is what many corporations want.

Once they become 'legal' (and on their way to becoming citizens) with the labor protections that everyone else has, the ability of unscrupulous employers to exploit them largely disappears. The Chamber can't be in favor of that.

[Blue_Tires]

13. I was just about to say that...

[pampango]

4. Here's one commenter who is now looking for someone even crazier than Rand.

Grim Jim • an hour ago

Well, apparently Rand didn't consider that by playing this treasonous hand he has immediately made many millions of new enemies. Now, instead of getting any gain among "Hispanics"-- which he wouldn't be getting anyway, he just alienated and pushed away millions of real voting Americans.

He has just helped seal the fate of the republican party, and I am glad it is DOA because they have done as much to turn America into a cesspool as the democrats.

Now it's time for people to embrace a third party which represents Americans and our laws and traditions; not bankers, not corporations, not foreign nationals or for any other reasons.

Rand, you F******* up boy, you really f****** up.

http://theweek.com/article/index/241525/why-rand-paul-evolved-on-comprehensive-immigration-reform

Rand probably knows he is losing the extreme wing of the 'crazy' vote and hopes that he will appeal to more of the 'only slightly crazy' wing of the party.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. Your post prompted me to check the FReeper response

A random sampling -

To: montag813
“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.


56 posted on March 19, 2013 1:28:35 AM EDT by Pelham (Marco Rubio, for amnesty, Spanish, and the Karl Rove machine.)
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To: TomGuy
“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.


58 posted on March 19, 2013 1:30:57 AM EDT by Pelham (Marco Rubio, for amnesty, Spanish, and the Karl Rove machine.)
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To: montag813
All the idiots on here who cheered Paul’s siding with Al Qaeda and CAIR are now finding their Golden Hero selling them out on amnesty.

This guy is to the LEFT of Obama! Thank God he will never be President!


70 posted on March 19, 2013 1:51:43 AM EDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: montag813; Tennessee Nana; Liz; AuntB; stephenjohnbanker; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; Gilbo_3; ...
RE :”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. ”
I find it interesting that Rand would cite ‘traditional marriage’ as an argument for amnesty because I am pretty sure he is supportive of same sex marriage, which is why he recently said congress should remove the Federal tax breaks for married couples.

Rand, you cant have it both ways. You cant have small government and give illegals the vote at the same time.
Same problem with Rubio.

Get this :
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."

No??? Millions of them line up for free breakfast, lunches and food stamps every day Rand!

92 posted on March 19, 2013 8:32:02 AM EDT by sickoflibs (O's sequester Apocalypse tour just proved why we need the 2nd amendment more than ever NOW!)
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[pampango]

7. Thanks. I guess we can add a few more to the list of folks looking for an even crazier candidate.

Thanks for having the courage to visit freeperville and report back.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. Meant to include the link for other brave souls

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2998314/posts?page=98

Now off to the shower!

[geek tragedy]

5. So he's out of the 2016 primary then? nt

[madville]

11. He leans Libertarian

They are for open borders anyway at their roots.

[brooklynite]

12. UPDATE - Paul is already backpedaling

WASHINGTON – Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., the winner of the Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll for 2016 only days ago, is denying an Associated Press report that he supports a path to citizenship for illegal aliens.

The AP’s Erica Werner reported Paul told a Hispanic business group that illegal aliens should be allowed to become U.S. taxpayers and ultimately get a shot at citizenship.

However, Paul told the Washington Post, which carried the original story, the reporting was inaccurate.

“I didn’t use the word citizenship at all this morning,” he said. “Basically what I want to do is to expand the worker visa program, have border security and then as far as how people become citizens, there already is a process for how people become citizens.”

http://www.wnd.com/2013/03/rand-paul-flip-flops-on-illegal-immigration/

Fun while it lasted...