As I noted in my most recent book, Liberty Defined, much of our immigration problems would be eliminated were the federal government to simply return to sound money practices and end the welfare incentive for individuals to come to the US illegally. Afterward, what remains of the problem would mostly be solved with a far more generous and flexible guest worker program. Whatever the case, turning the US into a police state in order to fight a hyped up illegal immigration "crisis" is a bad deal for us all.
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Paul is against E-Verify because it would be too intrusive, it appears. It would be like a national ID card.
But I think he's a little bit off because you need to prove your birth in order to get a passport. That's not considered an ID card, but you have to have one if you want to go overseas. If you can prove your birth, then you can prove your US citizenship.
For those who can't prove their citizenship this way, something could be arranged, I'm sure.
It's no big deal. Still, I would prefer a smaller, less intrusive system. But that is less likely than what this is, I suspect.
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