Ron Paul on Immigration Policy

Christopher Caldwell’s story in the NY Times Magazine yesterday on Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul touched on a variety of issues about the candidate, who is viewed as a real maverick in the GOP. His opposition to the Iraq war gets most of the media attention. Caldwell writes this about the Texas Republican’s (former Libertarian) position on immigration:

“He opposed the recent immigration bill on the grounds that it constituted amnesty. At a breakfast for conservative journalists in the offices of Americans for Tax Reform this May, he spoke resentfully of being required to treat penurious immigrants in emergency rooms — “patients who were more likely to sue you than anybody else,” having children “who became automatic citizens the next day.” (Paul champions a constitutional amendment to end birthright citizenship.)”

Click http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/22/magazine/22Paul-t.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5090&en=d882d4348d96faf7&ex=1342756800&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss for the rest of the story.

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