When Does Open Immigration Become An Invasion?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE5doLAWJZ8
Quick summary of the Ron Paul Liberty Report video:
In the first two minutes, Ron says that he is neither for open borders or totally closed borders, and that he likes to look at it from an economic perspective, and that the US economy is bad. He then goes into the welfare state problem and welfare state mandates and incentives, and that nothing will be solved unless the economy gets better.
Ron later describes a potential ideal situation with a Bracero type arrangement (temporary labor, no citizenship). McDaniel's (who was Ron's immigration staff specialist) later states bluntly "you were not an open borders person".
Ron also criticizes e-verify, the futility of a bigger "wall" and birthright citizenship. He mentions the absurdity of Trump's plan to intercept the money that poor workers send to Mexico, and is not fond of demagogueing and scapegoating.
In essence, Ron's position has not changed one iota from his position in 2007:
Ron Paul: “I Believe In National Sovereignty”.
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What is your view on legal immigration?
I think it depends on our economy. If we have a healthy economy, I think we could be very generous on work programs. People come in, fulfill their role and go back home.
I`m not worried about legal immigration. I think we would even have more if we had a healthy economy.
But in the meantime, we want to stop the illegals. And that`s why I don`t think our border guards should be sent to Iraq, like we`ve done. I think we need more border guards. But to have the money and the personnel, we have to bring our troops home from Iraq.
Is the economy healthy enough right now?
No. I don`t think so. I think the economy is going downhill. People are feeling pinched—in the middle, much more pinched than the government is willing to admit. Their standard of living is going down.
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