Kasich: I Would Give Illegals a Path to Legalization

‘If they’ve not committed a crime since they’ve been here, I would give them a path to legalization’

KASICH: "Well, look, Chris, what I’ve said is that, you know, look, Ronald Reagan tried to fix this whole thing in 1986. And it didn’t work because we didn’t finish the border. I think we need to finish the border. And once it’s finished, people cannot sneak in. They shouldn’t sneak in now. They’ve got to sent – be sent home. We should have a guest worker program. And for the 11.5 million who are here illegally, if they’ve not committed a crime since they’ve been here, I would give them a path to legalization where they pay a fine, back taxes, delay in any kind of benefits they get. I think is a reasonable approach, but not a path to citizenship. My position has not changed. The idea that we’re going to go into communities and yank people out of their homes and leave their kids on the porch crying, that’s not what we’re going to do. That’s – that’s just – that’s more promises that will never happen and the people will become more cynical. I don’t make promises, by and large, that I can’t keep. I try to keep what I say. And I – I’m not deviated from this position at all."

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