Rand Paul

They should have stayed in their country.

We won the war.

Well, the war went on forever and ever.

I don't think saying we won the war in Afghanistan – They won and it immediately reverted to the Stone Age when we left.

But for many, many years when they were coming over here – But you can't say we won it.

What I'm saying is from the perspective of the people, the government that was in place for the 20 years that we were there was a moderate government that was friendly to these people.

I think them leaving was them – they should have been the founding fathers of their country.

So, for example –

We left them there to die.

In 1812, the British came back and attacked us.

If we would have all left and said, oh, well, damn, they're attacking us again.

We're under attack.

No, they should have fought for their country.

And the thing is, is everybody, sure, you can, it sounds like a good thing, bring them over here.

But we really didn't need another 80,000 people from Afghanistan.

We didn't need another 80,000 people from Iraq.

And we certainly didn't need another 80,000 people from Somalia.

And if they're coming, they should be ineligible for welfare.

If you come as a legal immigrant, you're not supposed to get welfare for five years.

And yet we know it's happening.