Rand Paul on Trump’s Muslim Ban: ‘Absolutely We Need to Push Pause’ on Immigration

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LEE: "Donald Trump is not backing down from his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the state. Rand Paul reacting now. Senator, how do you see Donald Trump's comments?"

PAUL: "You know, I don't think we need a religious test. But I think we need a pause on immigration from the Middle East. I introduced legislation based on evidence of terrorism activities and terrorism training and risk of immigration. So I would pause immigration from about 34 countries which some are non-Islamic but they have a high risk of terrorism. We have a failed immigration system. We have 11 million people here illegally and 40% came legally but overstayed their Visa. We need to know who is here and if they will attack us or not. Most of the evidence of terrorism in the country has had something to do with immigration. The 19 hijackers came through the legal system. Some were student Visas, some were visitors. Absolutely we need to push pause and have a moratorium until we know whether or not we can look at our immigration system and make sure we are not letting people come here to attack us."