Washington Post
By Katie Zezima
April 1, 2014
Republicans
need to move “beyond deportation” in order to make inroads with Latino
voters and focus on issues such as the economy and jobs, Sen. Rand Paul
(R-Ky.) said
Tuesday.
“The bottom line is the Hispanic community, the Latino community, is not going to care until we get beyond this issue,” he said.
Speaking
before a symposium on conservatives and Latino media Tuesday morning,
Paul said "showing up" helps, but Republicans need to take a different
tack and start "saying
something that's different from what we've been saying."
Paul
said the Republican party in general has issues connecting with
minority groups and that Republicans have to "get through the wall" that
separates them from the constituencies
where he believes Republicans can make big inroads.
“I
think what’s happened is there’s not the perception of empathy coming
from the Republican party," Paul said, "that we care about where they’re
coming from and we care
about what their problems are.”
Paul
said there is still time to pass immigration reform in Congress this
year if parties compromise and “meet in the middle.” He said he believes
Republicans and Democrats
can agree on certain parts of the immigration bill, including the
expansion of work and high-tech visas. He chided Democrats and the
media, saying they have created the perception that one must be either
for or against what is currently proposed on immigration
reform and have been ignoring the shades of gray on the issue.
"I
think there could still be something done this year," Paul said. "I
think there is an openness even now" to passing something.
Paul
said he believes if Republicans take over Congress they will be more
likely to pass an immigration reform bill, but at the moment both sides
should work on the majority
of things they agree on rather than fight over the parts where they do
not see eye to eye.
Paul
voted against an immigration bill last year. On Tuesday, he said his
rejected the bill because there was a provision that made it illegal
for people in the immigration
process to switch jobs.
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