As president, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) will support increasing the H-1B visa cap. Although Paul keeps specifics about his plans for high-skilled immigration nuanced and vague, the final outcome would be little different from Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) plan to raise the H-1B cap by 500%.

Paul, who today became the second person to announce his candidacy for president, joins Cruz as now officially in the race for the Republican nomination.

One of Paul’s proposals is to create “economic freedom zones” in distressed areas. Businesses and workers in these zone would get personal and corporate income rates set at a flat rate of 5% a year, and payroll taxes limited to 2% a year.

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