Rand Paul: Illegal Immigrants

Rand Paul Dept: WASHINGTON - Tea party favourite Sen. Rand Paul said Tuesday that the nation's illegal immigrants should be able to become citizens eventually, but amid a furor from conservative activists on the explosive issue he quickly sought to make clear that, while they would not be sent home, they couldn't get in line in front of anyone else, according to Winnipeg Free Press. "You get in the normal line to citizenship that's already available, so it's not a new pathway, it's an existing pathway," Paul told reporters and FILE - In this March 7, 2013 file photo, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Tea Party favorite Paul releases a speech endorsing giving illegal immigrants a shot at citizenship, but then backtracks from the position and offers shifting explanations, illustrating the political explosiveness of the issue within a Republican party eager to reach out to Hispanic voters. AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File What he doesn't support, the Kentucky Republican said, is amnesty or a new pathway to citizenship for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants already in the country. He said he simply believes they should be able to stay in the country on what he called probationary status. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.