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McDonaldsGuy on 19 July 2012
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insomniac17 said:
McDonaldsGuy said:

He is pro-illegal immigration. That's what I don't like. Other than that he is pretty good but his illegal immigration stance cancels out any good.

Not from my understanding. Source.

Simplify Legal Immigration:

  • It should be easier for a potential immigrant to get a work visa. Potential immigrants should pass a background check, and then be issued a Social Security card, which would allow them to pay income, payroll, and all other taxes workers pay.
  • There should be a two-year grace period for illegal immigrants to attain work visas so they can continue contributing to America and begin taking part in American society openly.
  • Immigrants with temporary work visas should have access to the normal procedures for gaining permanent status and citizenship, and should be able to bring their families to the U.S. after demonstrating ability to support them financially.

Tackle Illegal Immigration:

  • Legalizing marijuana will reduce border violence and illegal immigration significantly, decreasing the U.S.-Mexican drug trade by 70 percent. Without a monopoly on the marijuana trade, Mexican drug cartels will have vastly diminished incentives to violate U.S. law and risk capture.
  • Streamline the legal immigration process to reduce illegal immigration and allow the U.S. to know who enters the country and for what reasons.
  • Enforce a 'one strike, you're out' rule for immigrants who circumvent the streamlined work visa process.

He acknowledges that there are many illegals here now, and promotes a way of allowing them to be here legally. Deporting all of them would consume ungodly amounts of resources, and I think it's a sensible solution to those currently here.

I also think his solution for solving the illegal immigration problem is sound. It'd reduce the challenge of coming here legally, reduce a large reason of why they come here illegally (drug wars), and be more strict on those fewer people who do continue to violate the law. Here's an alternate source if you're curious to read a bit more. I have never read anywhere that he is pro illegal immigration, however.


Deporting all of them will take very little resources, in fact, you will only have to deport very few of them (most will self deport). We have the resources to go to war with multiple countries but can't protect our own? No.

There should be NO allowing them to have a way here legally - we tried that in the 80s and it failed MISERABLY. This Gary Johnson guy clearly has no clue what's going on here.

http://www.ontheissues.org/gary_johnson.htm#Immigration

I live in California and cannot support anyone that supports illegal immigration. Too bad cause Gary looks like he'd be pretty good if it wasn't for that mark.