Romney Would Allow Illegals to Stay for Unspecified Time

CNS News ^ | December 21, 2007 | Fred Lucas

[Ol' Sparky]

I guess it all depends on how one defines a path to citizenship...

[2ndDivisionVet]

Well, he’s toast, then. On to Gomer Huckleberry.

[nesnah]

Uh-oh, another anti-mormon bigot post.

Can you just not leave Myth Romney alone?

[Greg F]

F Mitt. I’ll go for Huckleberry before I go for any “give illegals citizenship” candidate.

[DoughtyOne]

And Tancredo threw his support behind this guy. Heavens...

[wastedpotential]

So, I wonder what cabinet post he promised Tancredo then for this support? This doesn’t jive at all with Tommy’s views.

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

ANTI-MORMON BIGOTRY!!!!!!

/do I really need it?

[DuncanWaring]

I’ll go for Huckleberry before I go for any “give illegals citizenship” candidate.

Huckleberry - the guy who said we must welcome illegal aliens with open arms to atone for our past sins with African immigrants?

[agere_contra]

I’m beginning to think that Tancredo might just have been off his head yesterday. The benefit of the doubt is becoming asymptotic.

[gpapa]

That old touchback theory won’t fly Mitt, no matter how you try to spin it.

[Vigilanteman]

The Huckster's actual record is far worse than this. This leaves Fred Thompson among the top tier candidates as the most solid, Mitt as mushy and Huckabee, McCain and Guilani as abject failures.

Fred needs to distinguish himself on this issue in the days ahead to move the social conservatives off the Huckster bandwagon. By doing so, he will also pick up some economic conservatives from Rudy, Mitt and McCain.

[mylife]

Tanc has hung his hat on an empty suit.

[Reaganesque]

And yet, Tom Tancredo, the anti-Illegal Immigration candidate, has endorsed Romney. Oh, that's right, he, along with Robert Bork, William F Buckley, the editorial board of the National Review and the president of the American Conservative Union are all either paid off, senile, stupid or traitors.

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

And Tancredo threw his support behind this guy. Heavens...

Yeah, what is up with that? I mean, seriously, Romney? I figured Thompson maybe, Hunter definitely, but Romney? The guy who hires illegals for lawn care, lies about knowing it, and continues to employ them even after its proven to him beyond a doubt? The guy who is cool with "sanctuary cities"? The guy who's on the record in times past as favouring amnesty, er, "a path to citizenship"?

Something smells here.

[meandog]

He was just speaking figuratively!

[Greg F]

This is what Huckabee is saying on his website; compare it to what Romney said in the article:

Securing our borders must be our top priority and has reached the level of a national emergency.

I support the $3 billion the Senate has voted for border security. This money will train and deploy 23,000 more agents, add four drone planes, build 700 miles of fence and 300 miles of vehicle barriers, and put up 105 radar and camera towers. This money will turn “catch and release” into “catch and detain” of those entering illegally, and crack down on those who overstay their visas.

In this age of terror, immigration is not only an economic issue, but also a national security issue. Those caught trying to enter illegally must be detained, processed, and deported. As Governor, I ordered my state troopers to work with the Department of Homeland Security to arrest illegals and enforce federal immigration law.

I oppose and will never allow amnesty. I opposed the amnesty President Bush and Senator McCain tried to ram through Congress this summer, and opposed the misnamed DREAM Act, which would have put us on the slippery slope to amnesty for all.

I oppose and will not tolerate sanctuaries for illegals. The federal government must crack down on rogue cities that willfully undermine our economy and national security.
I oppose giving driver’s licenses to illegals and supports legislation to prevent states from doing so. In 2005, I signed legislation that prevents illegals in Arkansas from getting driver’s licenses.

I will stop punishing cities which try to enforce our laws and protect the economic well-being, physical safety, and quality of life of their citizens.

I oppose and will not tolerate employers who hire illegals. They must be punished with fines and penalties so large that they will see it is not worth the risk.
I oppose the economic integration of North America that would create open borders among the United States, Canada, and Mexico. I will never yield one iota or one inch of our sovereignty.

I will take our country back for those who belong here. No open borders, no amnesty, no sanctuary, no false Social Security numbers, no driver’s licenses for illegals.

[wastedpotential]

Mitt is the establishment choice and you have just proven this by your list of endorsements. With his endorsement list, money and organization, he should have secured victory in all the early states by now. He hasn’t because we uneducated, uninformed voters think he is disingenuous at best.

[tompster76]

Well, Thompson is supporting “aspirations of citizensip for illegals”.

[freekitty]

LOL

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

And yet, Tom Tancredo, the anti-Illegal Immigration candidate, has endorsed Romney. Oh, that's right, he, along with Robert Bork, William F Buckley, the editorial board of the National Review and the president of the American Conservative Union are all either paid off, senile, stupid or traitors.

Look on the bright side - at least the inventor of the fifty dollar abortion isn't getting the pro-life endorsements. The universe hasn't completely tipped its kedgeree.