Thread: Mitt Romney would allow waivers to children of illegal immigrants

Mitt Romney would allow waivers to children of illegal immigrants By Allison Sherry The Denver Post

10/1/12

Young illegal immigrants who receive temporary work permits to stay in the United States under an executive order issued by President Barack Obama would not be deported under a Mitt Romney administration, the GOP presidential hopeful told The Denver Post Monday.

"The people who have received the special visa that the president has put in place, which is a two-year visa, should expect that the visa would continue to be valid. I'm not going to take something that they've purchased," Romney said. "Before those visas have expired we will have the full immigration reform plan that I've proposed."

In June, Obama issued an executive order that will allow the so-called "dreamers" — kids who were brought here by their illegal immigrant parents when they were young — a temporary reprieve from deportation if they stay out of trouble and meet certain requirements such as graduating from a U.S. high school.

The Obama administration has sharply criticized Romney's earlier ideas for immigration reform, which have called for all citizens living in the U.S. illegally to self-deport.

Romney said in a sit-down interview with The Post aboard his campaign bus ahead of a Denver rally that he would work with Congress in the first year to pass permanent immigration reform legislation.
He didn't furnish specifics on that plan, but has said in previous interviews that students who served in the military may get a path to citizenship.

"I actually will propose a piece of legislation which will reform our immigration system to improve legal immigration so people don't have to hire lawyers to figure out how to get here legally," Romney said. "The president promised in his first year, his highest priority, that he would reform immigration and he didn't. And I will."

Obama's order mirrors the "DREAM" Act, which has been dead on arrival in every Congress that's tried to pass it. It was blocked by Senate Republicans two years ago.

Mitt Romney would allow waivers to children of illegal immigrants - The Denver Post

"Before those visas have expired we will have the full immigration reform plan that I've proposed."

What is this immigration plan? To my knowledge we have seen no reform plan from Romney that he says would cover younger illegal immigrants.

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Romney said. "The president promised in his first year, his highest priority, that he would reform immigration and he didn't. And I will."

If this quote is accurate, that is support for Amnesty for illegal aliens and there is no other way to interpret it.

We know that Immigration Reform passed by Obama was Amnesty for illegal aliens.

Mitt Romney saying that Obama failed and he would deliver that equals AMNESTY.

W

Until Romney's "full immigration reform plan"??!! What is that?!!

So Romney is like all the rest who have chosen to coddle and pander for votes from non-citizen law breakers and/or on their behalf at the expense of the American People. American kids, second class. American Workers, third class. American Businesses, fourth class.

What a disappointment.

Originally Posted by ALIPAC

If this quote is accurate, that is support for Amnesty for illegal aliens and there is no other way to interpret it.

We know that Immigration Reform passed by Obama was Amnesty for illegal aliens.

Mitt Romney saying that Obama failed and he would deliver that equals AMNESTY.

W

That is absolutely right. There is no other way to interpret it. Our hope is with the Congress and the States so any person occupying the White House is a cornered rat on the issue of illegal immigration.

Any candidate that has the audacity to insult the British over their fabulous Olympics, call China "cheaters", and tell Russia they are our greatest "foe", but can't tell an illegal alien to go home does not deserve even 1 vote from a US citizen.

Originally Posted by ALIPAC

If this quote is accurate, that is support for Amnesty for illegal aliens and there is no other way to interpret it.

We know that Immigration Reform passed by Obama was Amnesty for illegal aliens.

Mitt Romney saying that Obama failed and he would deliver that equals AMNESTY.

W

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Is it possible that just as this nation has sunk so low morally that it will never return to a one man / one woman marriage, neither will it refuse to block itself from becoming a third-world nation by default after having allowed massive unchecked illegal immigration to overwhelm and destroy it as well?

Originally Posted by ALIPAC

If this quote is accurate, that is support for Amnesty for illegal aliens and there is no other way to interpret it.

We know that Immigration Reform passed by Obama was Amnesty for illegal aliens.

Mitt Romney saying that Obama failed and he would deliver that equals AMNESTY.

W

I would respectfully disagree. Immigration reform, unlike comprehensive immigration reform, could take many shapes, to include a lean toward more and enhanced enforcement of our written immigration laws. The only illegals I've heard Romney support for possible citizenship are illegal dreamers that want to serve in the military. Obama supports a comprehensive plan which would definitely include amnesty for the majority of illegals in the U.S., Romney does not. IMO, you can't discount everything Romney has said up to this point based on speculation of his meaning in a quote. Just my opinion on the subject.

Personally, I don't think the illegals or their supporters will be happy with the kind of reform Romney may have in mind.

I told you he is another obama Romney only care about the illegal immigrants also . just like Obama
wake the hell help
No amnesty or dream act

Immigration | Mitt Romney for President

As president, Mitt Romney will implement a national immigration strategy that bolsters the U.S. economy, ensures our security, keeps nuclear families together, addresses the problem of illegal immigration in a civil and resolute manner, and carries on America’s tradition as a nation of legal immigrants.

Grow Legal Immigration To Grow Our Economy

Attract More Highly Skilled Immigrants:
To ensure that America continues to lead the world in innovation and economic dynamism, a Romney administration would press for an immigration policy designed to maximize America’s economic potential. Foreign-born residents with advanced degrees start companies, create jobs, and drive innovation at a high rate. While lawful immigrants comprise about 8 percent of the population, immigrants start 16 percent of our top-performing, high-technology companies, hold the position of CEO or lead engineer in 25 percent of high-tech firms, and produce over 25 percent of all patent applications filed from the United States.

• The United States is projected to face a shortage of 230,000 science and technology workers by 2018. At the same time, we have set the caps on high-skill visas so low that, for some countries, an entire year’s quota has been filled in an hour. Mitt Romney will ask Congress to raise the caps on visas for highly skilled immigrants.

• Many country caps—or limits on immigrants from specific countries—are so low, that America is losing some of the best and brightest to our international competitors. Mitt Romney will work with Congress to raise the country caps.

• Every foreign student who obtains an advanced degree in math, science, or engineering at a U.S. university should be granted permanent residency.

Make The Temporary Worker Visa System Functional:

• As president, Mitt Romney will make the system for bringing in temporary agricultural workers and other seasonal workers functional for both employers and immigrants. We should get rid of unnecessary requirements that delay issuance of a visa, and we should speed the processing of applications.

• Mitt Romney will work with Congress, states, and employers to properly set the cap on non-agricultural temporary worker visas. Many tourist-oriented businesses in the United States rely on these workers and would have to cut back or cease operations if there are not enough visas.

Secure Our Borders & Discourage Illegal Immigration

Mitt Romney will protect legal immigration and the 4.5 million who are waiting in line to enter the United States legally by taking a strong stand against illegal immigration. He believes that illegal immigration must end and has a proven track record of advancing that goal.
Secure The Borders
According to the non-partisan Government Accountability Office, Border Patrol lacks control of over half of our southwest border. And some estimates indicate that over 40% of illegal immigrants in America entered the country legally, but then overstayed their visas.

• Mitt Romney will complete a high-tech fence to enhance border security.

• Governor Romney will ensure that we have the officers on the ground we need to gain control of the border.

• A Romney Administration will work to develop an efficient, effective system of exit verification to ensure people do not overstay their visas.

Discourage Illegal Immigration

• Mitt Romney will develop an effective, mandatory employment verification system that will enable employers to be sure that those they hire are eligible to work. This will discourage illegal immigrants from coming to America to seek jobs.

• Governor Romney opposes all “magnets” that entice illegal immigrants to come to our country. As governor, he vetoed in-state tuition benefits for illegal immigrants and opposed driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants.

• As president, Mitt Romney will foster a legal immigration system that works. This will offer an alternative to those who would otherwise enter illegally. For instance, reforming our current temporary worker program will offer employers who need such staff a legal option to find employees.

Enforce The Law
Mitt Romney believes in the rule of law and will fully enforce federal immigration law. As governor, he authorized state police to assist the federal government in immigration enforcement.

Cut Red Tape That Is Keeping Immediate Families Apart

As president, Mitt Romney will ensure that husbands, wives, and their minor children are brought together on a timely basis.

• Mitt Romney will speed the processing of applications by eliminating the red tape that is keeping immediate families apart.

• Mitt Romney will work with Congress to give legal permanent residents the same priority as citizens when applying to bring husbands, wives, and minor children to the United States.

• Mitt Romney will reallocate green cards to family of citizens and legal permanent residents.

Military Service

Mitt Romney believes that young illegal immigrants who were brought to the United States as children should have the chance to become permanent residents, and eventually citizens, by serving honorably in the United States military.

Address The 11 Million Illegal Immigrants In America
In A Civil and Resolute Manner That Respects the Rule of Law

Mitt Romney opposes amnesty because he believes that it acts as a magnet encouraging illegal immigration. The last amnesty law passed in 1986 granted legal status to 2.7 million illegal immigrants. In the decades since, the illegal immigrant population has quadrupled. Mitt believes that an amnesty should not be permitted to happen again. Illegal immigrants who apply for legal status should not be given any advantage over those who are following the law and waiting their turn. Mitt absolutely opposes any policy that would allow illegal immigrants to “cut in line.”

Considering only 29 such people have been approved since they began applying August 15th, this is unlikely to affect many illegals, and of course Romney could easily suspend the program once he took office, leaving perhaps a few hundred to deal with.