Immigration is the number one issue of this election cycle.
To say that deportations can't occur is simply laughable. Eisenhower deported the vast majority of illegals from Mexico and Central America with just a few airplanes and border agents.
Rand is right on taxes, foreign policy in the ME, and civil liberties. He is wrong about people illegally entering a sovereign nation without the possibility of deportations.
A wall is not out of the question. It should be created, and I think Rand is in complete agreement with building a wall. He doesn't want the government rounding people up and deporting them. I get that sentiment. But I also believe that if anyone enters a country illegally, deportation is the price they pay for breaking the law.
If we don't have a country with clearly defined borders and a cohesive culture, then we aren't really a country. We are just some failed state with no sense of unity.
Let's not forget that the immigration rules prior to 1965 forbid anyone from non-European countries entering the US in large numbers. We had quotas and only a small number of people were let in. Also remember that prior to the early 1990's, less than 1% of the country was from India or the Middle East. Now that population has grown to nearly 16% of the total population. Add to that the increasing number of Chinese, Koreans, Vietnamese, Africans, Eastern Europeans...we have become a country with no clearly defined culture or beliefs.
Bottom line is that the drastic change in immigration has resulted in higher crime rates, lower educational levels, and a lack of social cohesion. If we don't figure out what kind of country we want to be, we're going to go the way of Rome.
