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Today we complete our interview with Amit Singh who is running for Congress in Virginia’s 8th District. To learn more about Singh and to donate to his campaign visit his website: Amit08.com.

In case you missed the earlier interview segments here are parts one and two.

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LM: What do you feel are the best steps to take to solve the rather complicated illegal immigration problem in the United States?

Singh: There is no silver bullet to solve the illegal immigration problem. I believe we need a multi-faceted approach which starts by punishing companies that knowingly hire undocumented workers. This practice is the major incentive for most illegal immigrants to come to America in the first place. There is no doubt many companies in the US need employment surges during peak seasons and with a non-existent guest worker program they often rely on migrant workers. The US needs to implement a common sense guest worker program which requires immigrants to apply in their native countries and allows them to easily maintain their families abroad while being able to help the US economy with their labor. The guest worker program will also disincentivize immigrants from bringing their families to the US which are an additiona burden on our schools and hospitals.

Securing the borders through physical and technical means will likely slow down illegal immigration but will not end it and will cost an enormous amount. A better engineered solution for the borders is to shift most of the 100,000 troops in Europe and 60,000 troops in Asia into the National Guard and Border Patrol. Currently, the US only has 11,000 border patrol agents for both the Mexican and Canadian borders combined.

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Here we continue with part 2 of the interview with Virginia 8th District Congressional Candidate Amit Singh: Amit08.Com. You can read the first part of the interview here. All Liberty Maven interviews are available on the interview page.

LM: In one of your previous answers you mentioned supporting Congressional term limits. Would you sponsor legislation to implement the limits? Do you believe it requires a Constitutional amendment to implement them?

Singh: Yes, I would sponsor legislation to implement term limits because Congress members with seniority have a disproportional affect on those who never elected them. I would probably lean towards a Constitutional amendment only because the States are not incentivized to limit their legislators terms because as they gain seniority they are better able to get earmarks and other benefits for their districts and states.

Unfortunately the nature of politics has changed with special interest money which practically guarantees incumbents to win over and over. Realistically, I am pretty sure Congress would never vote to regulate themselves but I would still try.

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Amit Singh is running for Congress in Virginia’s 8th District. He was kind enough to agree to participate in an interview. As you can tell from the interview he is dedicated to a limited and more open federal government. Please help his campaign by donating at his website: Amit08.com.

This is part 1 of the interview. For all Liberty Maven interviews check out the interview page.

LM: Your website (Amit08.com) has a very good description of your professional background. Could you complement that information with information about some of your hobbies and interests outside the professional realm? Additionally, could you elaborate a bit more on why you have decided to run for Congress?

Singh: I love to listen to live music especially bands like Dave Matthews that do a lot of improvisation during their performances. I used to collect a lot of live concert recordings but it is too difficult to keep up with nowadays. I also love to play basketball. I play in a league at work and I think it’s a great team sport that has a lot of skills that transfer to other areas. A little cliche, but I love to travel. I try to visit one new country a year. Last year I went to China which was amazing. This year I was hoping to go to Turkey but I’m not sure if that will happen given the campaign!

As far as running for Congress, I have always been a doer, for example I started my own company when I got frustrated working for others. I have written Jim Moran (the current VA 8th District incumbent Democrat) dozens of times with no response. This year, inspired by the presidential election and uninspired by local candidates, I took it upon myself to spread the message of limited and transparent government. Running for office is a great way to express your views and even make a difference.

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