As a United States Senator, Charlie Crist will take the message to Washington that we are fed up with the partisan gridlock and work to provide common-sense solutions to the issues important to the people of Florida. Charlie Crist will always do what is right for the people he proudly serves.
Immigration reform is one of those major issues which has become captive to the gridlock in Washington with both political parties being paralyzed on moving reform forward. This has resulted in the state of Arizona taking the initiative to enact reforms within its own state. Whether you support or oppose their efforts, it is symptomatic of the breakdown in Washington today. This is an issue that Congress must take up for the benefit of our entire country. Congress must get beyond the politics of this issue and seek a sensible, real solution for the long haul.
Governor Crist is not in support of an amnesty program. Governor Crist supports immigration reform that provides an earned path to citizenship. Today there are as many as 14 million illegal immigrants in America as part of an underground economy. Congress needs to provide an earned path to citizenship to those seeking to stay in the country. By doing so, they would be required to seek citizenship and all that implies with the result being an end to the underground system which exists today and is actually a form of fraud which costs everyone. Just imagine if these 14 million illegal immigrants became law abiding, tax-paying citizens and paid into the social security system how much better off America would be.
Paid for by Charlie Crist for U.S. Senate.