PHOENIX (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says the U.S.-Mexico border can be secured in one year, promising to finish a job that has taken decades to come close to accomplishing.
The political newcomer told a telephone town hall audience in Arizona Thursday that double fencing, more Border Patrol officers, National Guard troops and technology can get the job done.
Carson told the call-in audience that although he doesn’t make campaign promises, “that’s as close to one (as) I would make.”
The retired neurosurgeon also said he’d allow people in the country illegally to stay as guest workers. They could stay if they have “pristine” records, register and pay back taxes and could only work in certain industries.
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