Ron Paul Immigration Platform: Alienating Aliens

November 19, 2011

The Ron Paul Immigration Platform

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By Odillon Ramirez, Civilian

From the offset, the Ron Paul immigration platform has alienated the majority of Hispanic voters. The Ron Paul immigration agenda comes off as threatening and irrational to many hispanic and non-hispanic voters alike.

This is not to say that Ron Paul isn’t a good candidate; just that, according to the 2010 census, Hispanics are now the major minority in the United States, compromising 16% of the entire population. In the political sphere this is quite a number, to readily lose the majority of Hispanic votes by siding with anti-immigration policies is very suspicious, at least to me. Ron Paul has proven to be the most educated, intelligent, Republican candidate for the upcoming 2012 election. Yet, he is willing to cast aside the Hispanic population through stringent policies.

The Ron Paul immigration platform consists mainly of strengthening the laws against illegal immigration. Examples are: bringing troops to secure the border, taking away social programs for immigrants that “encourageâ€