Paul Endorses Legal Status for Undocumented Immigrants
By Heidi Przybyla & Caitlin Webber - Mar 19, 2013 2:51 PM ET
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, a potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate, endorsed immigration changes that would give legal status to undocumented immigrants in the U.S.
“If you wish to live and work in America, then we will find a place for you,” Paul said today in a speech before the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Washington.
“The solution doesn’t have to be amnesty or deportation,” he said. “A middle ground might be called probation, where those who came illegally become legal through a probationary period.”
Paul didn’t specify whether he would endorse letting the 11 million undocumented immigrants already in the U.S. become citizens, in contrast to a bipartisan group of senators who have called for a path to citizenship. Paul’s speech suggested giving “probationary work visas to immigrants who are willing to work.”
The 50-year-old son of former Texas Representative and Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is a leader of the limited-government Tea Party movement. His decision to back an immigration overhaul may help congressional advocates pressing for a broad rewrite of U.S. immigration laws. The Senate group is expecting to unveil its plan next month.
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