Rand Paul

I would have a work program.

I'd let them sign up for a work program, pass a background check.

The trade is you don't get citizenship at all.

Your kids will.

I would just say you don't get citizenship.

That's your trade-off.

You know what?

Here's an interesting survey.

Let's find a thousand people who are in Texas illegally and do a poll and say, would you accept this?

Would you accept that you don't get to vote during your lifetime, but your kids will get to vote if they were born here in exchange for not having to worry about being in a car accident or being sent back to Mexico?

I'll bet you 80% of the people who are illegally would take work without citizenship.

But you know who wants the citizenship and doesn't care about work?

Democrats.

All they care about is the voting part.

See, what I'm trying to propose is something humane on the work part.

Plus, I think we need some workers.

And I think the people would actually accept it, but they give up.

They don't have to give up the country and leave and come back, which might never happen.

They just give up the voting.

They're not supposed to vote now anyway.