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Thread: Ron Paul: Remove incentives for illegal immigrants instead of building border wall

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    Ron Paul: Remove incentives for illegal immigrants instead of building border wall

    Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) said Tuesday that President Trump's proposed wall along the southern border is not the best solution to curbing illegal immigration.

    "I don't like walls. I don't want to wall people in and wall people out," Paul said on CNBC's "Squawk Box."

    "I don't want free, open borders either," he continued. "I think you have to remove the incentives for people to come."

    Paul, who ran for president in 2008 and 2012, argued that welfare programs and an easy path to citizenship entice immigrants to come to the U.S. He suggested that removing those incentives would be a more effective deterrent to illegal immigration.

    https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...-deter-illegal
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    OMGerds, Ron Paul said he doesn't want "free open borders!" Stone him!

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    He was in Congress for 20 years and couldn’t manage to get close to enough votes even get this to the floor for debate.
    #NashvilleStrong

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    Quote Originally Posted by euphemia View Post
    He was in Congress for 20 years and couldn’t manage to get close to enough votes even get this to the floor for debate.
    He didn't get elected president either, what a loser.
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    How many threads do we need on this?
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    Quote Originally Posted by phill4paul View Post
    OMGerds, Ron Paul said he doesn't want "free open borders!" Stone him!
    But notice how he explained what he meant by that. He wants to remove the incentives of welfare availability to immigrants and an easy path to citizenship. But he doesn't want to prevent them from coming here.

    This was actually pretty illustrative, and a good interview to bring up any time people provide variations of Ron Paul quotes saying the he doesn't support totally free and open borders, thinking that means he's for restricting immigration, which he clearly explains he is not, in the very context of saying that line.
    Last edited by Superfluous Man; 01-09-2019 at 09:52 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by euphemia View Post
    He was in Congress for 20 years and couldn’t manage to get close to enough votes even get this to the floor for debate.
    Getting something to the floor for a debate isn't primarily a function of how many votes it gets. It's a decision of the House leadership.

    But what specific bill are you talking about here?

    There were plenty of times the issues RP is talking about here were debated on the House floor and voted on in various bills in the House during his tenure, and plenty of representatives who agreed with him on these positions.
    Last edited by Superfluous Man; 01-09-2019 at 09:54 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Origanalist View Post
    How many threads do we need on this?
    Seems like we need more. That is, until morale improves...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Origanalist View Post
    How many threads do we need on this?
    One for every thread about how we need wall because mexicans.
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    Pinochet is the model
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    Liberty preserving authoritarianism.
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    Enforced internal open borders was one of the worst elements of the Constitution.



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