AP
September 8, 2015
Republican
presidential hopeful Ben Carson jabbed Tuesday at front-runner Donald
Trump's proposal to deport everyone who is in the country illegally,
calling the plan
impractical.
"People
who say that have no idea what that would entail" legally and
otherwise, Carson said, adding: "Where you going to send them?"
The
retired neurosurgeon spoke before The Commonwealth Club of California
on Tuesday in a 75-minute event in which he took questions from the
audience on topics ranging
from abortion to immigration, taxation to race relations.
Carson's
longshot candidacy is buoyed by humor and a self-deprecating demeanor
that some would-be voters say they find refreshing. Trump, the brash
front-runner in the
GOP nomination fight, has made immigration a centerpiece of his
candidacy. Trump says he would deport those living in the country
illegally — estimated at 11 million people.
Carson
said he would secure the border, but also grant guest-worker status to
people who are in the country without documentation. That way, they can
pay taxes and come
out from the shadows, he said.
Mass deportation, he said, would be expensive and impractical, and crippling to the hotel and agriculture industries.
San Francisco venture capitalist Scott Russell, an unaffiliated voter, called Carson charismatic, yet positive.
"He
wasn't trying to attack other candidates or trying to say negative
things," Russell said. "I like people who describe their policies, but
don't spend their minutes
trying to attack others."
Carson is scheduled to attend a rally in Anaheim, California, on Wednesday.
For more information, go to: www.beverlyhillsimmigrationlaw.com
No comments:
Post a Comment