Rand Paul’s Massive Immigration Contradiction
Shikha Dalmia on Reason.com writes on a topic that has had me thinking for a while. Why is libertarian-leaning Senator Rand Paul in favor of the government’s expansion of border enforcement? Here is a teaser:
“There is no functional difference between the war on drugs and the war on immigration. Both use the power of the state to go after the supposed perpetrators of victimless “crimes” (actually, in the case of immigration, the “crimes” are not only victimless, but have only beneficiaries) while running roughshod over civil liberties and decimating minority communities.
This is why it’s so baffling that Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)—who is trying to position himself in the GOP presidential field as a new kind of Republican who cares about civil liberties and minorities—wants to wind down the drug war while ramping up the immigration war.”
KJ