Bob Barr on Immigration

Former Republican Congressman Bob Barrr has announced that he will seek the Libertarian Party nomination for the presidency. Many news reports on Barr note that as a former U.S. Attorney, he would strictly enforce immigration laws. However, anti-immigrant pundits claim that Barr’s positions on immigration are no different from the other major candidates.

Barr was interviewed by Neal Boortz in April. Part of the conversation involved immigration matter. He implies that he supports a form of legalization for undocumented immigrants as long as they passed a background check, would get to remain. He doesn’t specify whether that would be as a “guest” worker or whether they’d get on the “path to citizenship”. Asked about this, he says:

    “I think as a practical matter, that makes a lot of sense. I’m not sure how you would go about rounding up millions of people and trying to deport them. The key here is security…”

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