False
All 3 admitted that an all out ban on immigration wasn't the right move. But all wanted to secure the border.
Essentially, amnesty now, strict border patrol and a limited number work visas later. Oh and few if any consequences for businesses that hire illegals. Which has been our policy for 30 years.
How's that worked out?
^you're being dishonest. Here is the entire discussion on immigration.
Stossel: Gov. Johnson what would you do about illegal immigration?
Johnson: I would make it as easy as possible for those illegal immigrants to get a work visa as long as they haven't committed any crimes.
Stossel: Agreement? Disagreement?
John McAfee: Yeah, our country was founded on the principle of open arms.All of our ancestors were immigrants and so why are we trying to shut our borders and keep people out? but, they have to be documented, if I have to be documented then I think immigrants as well should have to be documented and made legal.
Petersen: I think we can incentivize legal immigration so that we can cut down on illegal immigration. If we make a simpler path to citizenship then people will not break the law if they know there's a chance they can come here...
Stossel: Simple path for 11, 12 million illegals already here?
Petersen: Yeah, they're already here, they're already adding to our economy, so why don't we make it so that they can find a path to citizenship?
Stossel: Because they lied to get in. It's an insult to people who followed the rules.
Petersen: If you were living in a 3rd world country and your family was starving to death who would not cross that wall? We have got to make it simple for them to come here because we have a policy of love towards them. We are an immigrant nation. My last name is Petersen spelled s-e-n, the Danish came over here through Ellis Island. We need to have a simple path to naturalization. Disease check, security check, done.
Stossel: Any disagreement?
Johnson: Well, the reality is that you've got Mexicans in Juarez that can see jobs that exist in El Paso but they can't get across the border to take those jobs. So, they have to cross illegally and they are taking jobs that US Citizens don't want.
Stossel: Americans say they are taking our jobs.
Johnson: Well, that's not the case. It's not an issue either of lower pay. It's lower pay when language is an issue and they're the first ones that recognize this. We're getting the cream of the crop when it comes to workers from Mexico and I am speaking as a border governor.
McAfee: I'd like to say something. You said they lied to get in. I'm not going to claim hypocrisy however who of you have not lied? Has anyone ever had an affair here? Has anyone smoked weed in a state where it's illegal? and been asked by the police if you carry it? Come on sir, that was an absurd statement and I'm sorry I have to say that.
Stossel: Fair enough. Libertarian-ish conservative Rand paul said we have to worry about terrorism and that we should put a hold on immigration from certain areas of the world. Do you agree? Disagree?
Johnson: I disagree. I think that we should be taking our fair share and I think you phrased that question just right. Rand Paul, libertarian-ish. About half of what he has to say I agree with wholeheartedly, of all the Republican candidates he was my guy but the bottom line is he's a Republican. He's not a libertarian.
Stossel: Any ban on Muslims coming in?
Petersen: You can't enforce something like that. The first amendment of the US Constitution says that the government should stay out of religion. The government set those kinds of standards or quotas. What are you going to do? Are you going to ask them what there religion is when they come here? That's un-American. We've got to have a simpler path to naturalization for these people because they are coming here because they want to work. When immigrants come to the United States they don't just take jobs, they give labor, they create wealth. That's how the free market economy works and we should encourage that. Besides if they wanted free welfare they would go to Europe. It's the United States...here in the United States it's the land of opportunity, it's still is. So, we should welcome the people that want to come here.
Stossel: Let's talk about that. Mr. McAfee you've said as did Milton Friedman that a country can't have open borders and a welfare state so...You would shut the border until you took down the welfare state or how would you do it?
McAfee: You're assuming that I'm agreeing with that statement which I do not. I don't think that open borders and the welfare states have anything to do with one another. I think it's the attitude of the government towards its citizens that creates the welfare state. but I would like to say about letting Muslims in...What are we trying to protect ourselves from? Is it not ourselves? Did we not create terrorism by interfering in the affairs of foreign nations?
Petersen: I just want to say that you've left out a part of Milton Friedman's statement. When he said that you can't have open borders in a welfare state, he then followed up by saying, "that means illegal immigration is actually superior" why (did he say this) because then they don't qualify for benefits. So if we had a simpler path to naturalization we wouldn't have the problem but we should build a wall around the welfare state.
Stossel: Let's move on
