In a series of statesman like tweets, the Senator said that the Obama-era order "was illegal," but the overarching problem calls for a "bipartisan" solution.
President Obama's executive order was illegal. However, this is a real problem we should solve in a bipartisan fashion. #DACA— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) September 5, 2017
There are ways to make sure people who have been here for many years since childhood are allowed to stay.— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) September 5, 2017
We should include efforts to reduce and reform immigration in other areas at the same time. Congress will need to address this problem.— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) September 5, 2017
Rand gets this right. Those who have grown up here should be allowed to stay and work. Of course, the Welfare Wall that is part of DACA must also remain.
-RW
Mental gymnastics from RW. The DREAMERS have a dream to receive welfare at the state level. They are not eligible for federal welfare programs Medicaid (emergency room is ok though) and Food Stamps. In NY, they qualify for all welfare benefits including medical care. They also qualify for EITC. Since most are low income workers, they are receiving $1000s from taxpayers. Quit subsidizing illegal foreigners and their low wage employers!
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So you read minds, en masse. What other tricks can you perform? Cards? Cabinet of death?
I predict...I predict...Congress brings us mandatory E-Verify and allows DREAMERS to stay. Trump signs the bill and in trade gets funding for the WALL. Real honest to goodness liberty loving Americans get the screws twice. The State expands its power. The masses cheer.
DeleteBut my previous comment is more of a hunch based on the numbers. The DREAMERS live primarily in states where they can receive state-level welfare. -- by the numbers states with 20,000+ DREAMERS high to low - California, Texas, Illinois (why did the Mexicans go way up there?), New York, Florida (the only state with 20,000+ DREAMERS that doesn't offer welfare to illegals; note nearly 50% more illegals in Illinois than Florida even though FL has 8 million more residents than IL), Arizona, North Carolina, Georgia, New Jersey, Colorado, Washington (really?), Nevada, Virginia, Oregon.
From this list I extrapolate that either Mexicans (99% of DREAMERS come from Mexico) love the cold climate or they're subsidizing their livelihoods with welfare benefits. Either way, I hope they're all sent packing. They can sell their winter coats to fund the trip back home.
By all means, come back legally and assimilate into society. The nation thanks you. Or, stay illegally and receive amnesty because feelz. The state thanks you.
Citizens receive welfare too. Shouldn't they be expelled? Why is welfare forcibly extracted from some citizens and paid to others more legitimate than welfare forcibly extracted from some citizens and paid to non-citizens? As a matter of justice, isn't the wrong the forcible extraction, not the identity of the recipient?
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I'd say both are wrong. But in today's environment we'd do well to at least deny welfare to people breaking the law. And if we are to advocate for easy movement over borders we should not be so foolish as to grant public benefits to illegals, undocumented visitors.
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