by Ron Paul
Whenever the federal government decides to reform something we can be fairly sure that the problem is about to get worse, especially if they call the plan bi-partisan. The bi-partisan immigration reform proposal launched last week in the US Senate will be no different.
The new plan, introduced by Sens. McCain and Schumer, would provide a path to citizenship for many of those in the United States illegally. This would only begin after the borders are deemed secure and applicants have paid fees for their illegal entry. They must also pay back taxes on their earnings while working here without government permission. Those on a path to citizenship would be subject to background checks and would be monitored while in the US.
The devil is in the details, and the details of the McCain plan are deeply disturbing. To secure the borders he is calling for a massive increase in drones flying over US territory, spying on US citizens along the border – and presumably within the 100 mile “border zone” over which Department of Homeland Security claims jurisdiction. What if these drones detect suspicious activity unrelated to illegal immigration? Imagine the implications for the federal government’s disastrous war on drugs. Imagine what’s left of the Fourth Amendment completely tossed into the trashcan. The “privatized” prison system in the US that now benefits from the war on drugs and illegal immigration will no doubt look forward to booming business thanks to the army of drones overhead.
Additionally, the McCain/Schumer plan calls for a nationwide, mandatory E-Verify program, which forces employers to act as federal immigration agents, and forces American citizens to prove to the government that they are allowed to work. E-Verify is an East Germany-like program that creates a massive federal database of every American citizen and notes whether or not they are permitted to work.
As Cato Institute privacy expert Jim Harper noted of e-Verify, potentially tens of thousands of American citizens would come up as a false positive for illegal status, denying them the right to work and forcing them to prove to the government that they are not here illegally. He writes, “If E-Verify goes national, get used to hearing that Orwellian term: ‘non-confirmation.’”
Harper rightly notes that E-Verify is in fact a national ID card, writing last week that, “the system must biometrically identify everyone who works—you, me, and every working American you know. There is no way to do internal enforcement of immigration law without a biometric national identity system.”
Much of the most recent immigration problem of the 2000s was actually created by the federal government. The easy money policy of the Federal Reserve blew up the housing bubble and created enormous demand for labor. This artificial demand was filled largely by workers who crossed into the US illegally. Within a year of the housing market crash in 2008, an estimated one million illegal workers left the United States for Mexico and beyond. Net illegal immigration into the United States last year had fallen to zero.
As I noted in my most recent book, Liberty Defined, much of our immigration problems would be eliminated were the federal government to simply return to sound money practices and end the welfare incentive for individuals to come to the US illegally. Afterward, what remains of the problem would mostly be solved with a far more generous and flexible guest worker program. Whatever the case, turning the US into a police state in order to fight a hyped up illegal immigration “crisis” is a bad deal for us all.
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Wait hold on, Mccain? I better stop him and terminate him, hes dead now man
Rand Paul or Ron Paul for 2016?
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Yes I am and I have three children that are registered Cherokee.
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But anyways… What are we going to do with this fucked up government …
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I’m sorry but American are the immigrants.. Remember natives lives here first
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I use the phrase undocumented workers only to state the facts.
1. Most of us believe the jobs, concerning the farm industry, could never be filled without them, because of the low wages and work environment. Fact: Raising the wages to $20 per hour would increase your “Big Mac” 25 cents.
2. Proper immigration reform means allowing the family to immigrate. Fact: Mexico’s 2nd largest revenue is money spent to their families living in Mexico.
3. California has been hit the hardest in the pocket-book under the present system mandated by the federal government with regards to Hospitals and schools. Fact: The government enacted laws on hiring practices (3 forms of ID) to stop undocumented workers. Fact: Before these laws the workers received a pay check and paid taxes, but now they are paid under the table and the big winners are the business. When a business is caught breaking these laws the punishment is a slap on the wrist.
Do you want to stop undocumented workers from entering the US to work? Fact: Make it a felony to knowingly hire these workers and game over.
I believe in doing the right thing. Theses workers have been here for so many years. We need immigration reform allowing their families to be here together. We would save billions of dollars, less government and less racism.
I don’t agree with everything Ron Paul advocates, but He is right on concerning the major factors that need to be changed with our entire government system, but we the people must demand change now.
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Rand “open borders” Paul isn’t really helping. What in the hell is up with that???
Are we being played here?
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Thanks for the updates Ron.
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Think that, yes.
There’s an old expression in my language, “Thief thinks every man steals.”
There is a word for having the belief/perspective that humankind is inherently bad and must be kept in check, but I can’t remember what it is – the whole world suffers from it.
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Think what? that people will starting bashing each others skulls in?
At the same time they say they won’t do that themselves.. unless out of self defense ofcourse..
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ok now you arent making any sense.
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ok now you arent making any sense.
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please, set you’re self free from the Government:
OPPT Filing Amendment What it Does in the
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please
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u tube this
OPPT in – March 4, 2013
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drones on the border is fucken gold nuts, what is he talking about??
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Scammers? They’re true believers just like you, mcfurly! Among Paul’s most dedicated supporters. Sure, they wanna get paid! Paul will make a fortune off that domain once he gets his hands on it.
This whole fuss confirms what I’ve always suspected about Paul. He’s a old school grifter. Always new marks to take around the next bend…
No matter. The torch has been passed to Rand. You really ought to visit the website. All your YouTube posts are right there in the sidebar under Recent Comments.
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You are the type of idiot that votes in dictators who use your tax money to blow up kids in Pakistan with drones.
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You are the type of idiot that votes in dictators who use your tax money to blow up kids in Pakistan with drones.
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if they were true ron paul supporters, they would give it to him for free. but they are asking 848,000 dollars and it sounds like a bunch of scam artists to me. yeah so whatever the real ron paul has to do to get his site back because oh yeah his name is only trademarked and the scammers accidentally signed the wipo disclaimer without reading it.
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if they were true ron paul supporters, they would give it to him for free. but they are asking 848,000 dollars and it sounds like a bunch of scam artists to me. yeah so whatever the real ron paul has to do to get his site back because oh yeah his name is only trademarked and the scammers accidentally signed the wipo disclaimer without reading it.
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watch
M13TV: Episode FIVE
And learn about the Rockefeller’s National Council of Churches and the plot to destroy Christianity from within.
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“His website”? Lol, you’re too much, mcfurly.
It’s not “his” website right now! That’s the whole POINT of Paul’s appeal to the U.N. He wants to take something that doesn’t belong to him.
The old man wants CASH and he figures the easiest way to get it is to steal from his own fan club. Just watch. When Paul wins, and he probably will, you suckers will be PAYING for content at ronpaul . com!
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Listen to this fucking nazi piece of shit.
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MANY people think that. And that is the only reason they are right.
Fucking sheep.
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You’re a fucking idiot; such ignorant bullshit is exactly why people fear anarchy.
Anarchists are nothing more than people who will not accept any coercive authority.
If you are not an anarchist, you are not a “true” liberal and by accepting limitations to liberty you hurt the cause of liberty.
What you spout is pro-state rhethoric, not facts.
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If he can use the UN to get his website, that would be a great lesson for you that government intervention in the marketplace doesn’t work. This is free market economics on a bigger scale, at it’s finest. The government has a shitty product and the consumer is finding out quicker.
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If he can use the UN to get his website, that would be a great lesson for you that government intervention in the marketplace doesn’t work. This is free market economics on a bigger scale, at it’s finest. The government has a shitty product and the consumer is finding out quicker.
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And I’m a fuckwit because of… what, exactly? Because I wanted to know what he meant with his repetitive phrase of “free immigration” before I decided if I agreed with it or not? I suppose that the next time I go to buy a car I should just give the salesman my checkbook and tell him to fill in the price because after-all he and his boss are completely ethical people and surely wouldn’t even dream of taking advantage of my trust, right? You obviously also enjoy cruelty to other people.
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Oh. No. Please. Stop. Ouch. Your hurting me. Your attacks are so brutal and devastating. My psyche will probably never recover…
And then you woke up. Oh well. Can’t win them all, eh Champ?
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‘Fuckwits like you should be herded onto ‘short busses’ and driven off the edge of the Grand Canyon, jackass!
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Your head is like a pustule on a neck! lmfao
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You’re a fuckin’ turd.
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No orphan here. But my mother did pass away from old-age a few years back. If you really are a Marine I hope your marksmanship with your rifle is better than what you’ve managed here with your mind and mouth. And your saying I’m a “fuckin’ TURD!” is hilarious considering that you are the one constantly bringing up deviant sexuality and talking with a mostly trash mouth. Epic fail.
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