Originally Posted by freshh.

I think Kobach ruined his chances when he had his plans clearly visible for the cameras. It made him seem amateurish and unprofessional. We already have that in Trump. I'm putting my money on an establishment Republican which is likely the cause of the delayed announcement.




My concern with regard to Pence is that he has proposed a "Touchback Policy" in the past. We're going to need the Dems to stand firmly against that.

The "touchback" policy seemingly floated by the GOP ticket this week could mimic the very proposal Pence laid out in 2006 while serving in Congress. Then-Congressman Pence proposed in a speech to the Heritage Foundation that the U.S. require all undocumented immigrants to return to their native countries but then work through a new guest-worker program to return — within as quickly as a week — to their place of employment.

The only way this is realistic is for us to apply for a guest worker visa and have all documentation allowing us to return PRIOR to leaving the country. Because, we've seen how FBI Background checks hold people when applying for DACA. The last thing you'd want is to be stuck in your home country for 18 months while you're waiting to be let back in via the guest worker program.