Thread: Romney won't say he'll overturn immigration order

Romney won't say he'll overturn immigration order

By KASIE HUNT | Associated Press – 19 mins ago...

BRUNSWICK, Ohio (AP) — Mitt Romney is refusing to say that he would overturn President Barack Obama's new policy allowing some young illegal immigrants to stay in the United States.

The Republican presidential candidate tells CBS" ''Face the Nation" that if he's president, Obama's executive order "would be overtaken by events ... by virtue of my putting in place a long-term solution."

Romney was asked three times in the interview if he would overturn Obama's order, but he didn't directly answer the question. Instead, he said would work to pass a law to help those young people who were "brought in by their parents through no fault of their own." Romney said he doesn't know why Obama "feels stop-gap measures are the right way to go."

The candidate's comments represent a further softening of his rhetoric on immigration since the GOP primary campaign ended. For example, before the Iowa caucuses in January, when he faced the challenge of winning over the right-wing base of the GOP, he pledged to veto legislation backed by Democrats that would have created a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. Instead of emphasizing the plight of illegal immigrants, Romney focused on the consequences illegal immigration has for U.S. jobs.

The Obama administration said the policy change announced Friday will affect as many as 800,000 immigrants who have lived in fear of deportation. Obama's move bypasses Congress and partially achieves the goals of the Democrats' long-stalled legislation aimed at young illegal immigrants who went to college or served in the military.

Under the administration plan, illegal immigrants will be able to avoid deportation if they can prove they were brought to the United States before they turned 16 and are younger than 30, have been in the country for at least five continuous years, have no criminal history, graduated from a U.S. high school or earned a GED diploma or certificate, or served in the military. They also can apply for a work permit that will be good for two years with no limits on how many times it can be renewed.

The broadcast interview, conducted Saturday while Romney's Rust Belt bus tour stopped in Pennsylvania, also touched on a variety of topics, from health care to Romney's political future:

—With the Supreme Court's ruling on the constitutionality of Obama's health care law expected this month, Romney described what he would do if the justices threw it out. He wants to make sure people "don't have to worry about losing their insurance" if they already have a medical condition and change jobs; that individuals can buy coverage on their own, if they choose to do so, "on the same tax-advantage basis" as companies do; and that states, with aided by federal dollars, take responsibility for the poor and uninsured. Regardless of how the high court rules, Romney said he would "stop Obamacare in its tracks and return to the 10th Amendment that allows states to care for these issues on the way they think best."

—Regardless of how Europe's financial crisis plays out, he hopes that "our banking sector is able to weather the storm." He said European countries are capable of dealing with their mess "if they choose to do so" and the U.S. doesn't want to get into the business of bailing out foreign banks. Romney also does not favor another round of economic stimulus by the Federal Reserve, saying a previous one didn't have the desired effect.

—He said he would make clear to the Iranians that as president, he would be willing "to take military action if necessary to prevent them from becoming a nuclear threat to the world."

—He described himself as "not a guy that's going for the next step in my political career. I don't have a political career. I served as governor for four years. I spent my life in the private sector. The private sector is where I've made my mark. I am in this race because I want to get America back on the right track. I don't care about re-elections." Moderator Bob Schieffer asked, "So you're not saying you just intend to serve one term?" Romney replied that for him "this is not about politics. This is not about did I win this or did they win this. This is about what can we do to get America right." He added, "We've got to have people who are willing to put aside the partisanship, stop worrying about the next elections, and say, 'You know what? We've got to fix the country fast.'"

Romney won't say he'll overturn immigration order - Yahoo! News

Unfortunately regardless of how, we, the people, feel about it, neither political party will enforce our existing federal laws against illegal immigration.

We, the people, have zero faith in Mitt Romney, or the Republicans, to enforce our existing federal laws against illegal immigration

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Today Mitt's sons gave him a video for father's day, I decided to do the same. Thanks Dad for teaching me how to defend myself against "Bullies"



Don't be floppin' around, makes you look weak!

And on immigration he is STILL shaking his etch-a-sketch. I will not even know what his immigration policy is at inauguration is elected.

I am sorely disappointed in those that encouraged his nomination. Well, maybe we need to turn tothe conventions of both parties and nominate someone that can tell us what they mean and will fight for. I still recognize that if Congress is working, then the Presidents job is limited by legal legislative scope, but I will not vote for anyone named Barack or Mitt!

Mitt is turning out to be what I said he would be, but Obama is very dangerous, too. We should try to stop both at convention time, if possible. Yes, I know that that would be contrary to the primary vote in the republicans case, but I do not believe that Obama had ANy primary opposition. Are there any bound democratic delegates, then?

We have 48 Hours to Prepare to Fight Obama's Ambush Amnesty

by ALIPAC
Published on 06-16-2012 02:12 PM

ALIPAC Activists:

All across the country it is evident that Americans are reacting with shock to Obama's ambush Amnesty decree announced Friday. Even the people who support the Dream Act Amnesty are saying they disagree with how Obama has gone about this. Remember, ALIPAC was the first ...

"Well, it would be overtaken by events if you will, by virtue of my putting in place a long-term solution, with legislation which creates law that relates to these individuals such that they know what their setting is going to be, not just for the term of a President but on a permanent basis."

In other words , go home and apply the right way! 3rd party write in! Good luck with that! I seriously doubt President Romney would invest tax payers money in FEMA camps, free cell phones for "Foodstampers" 450 million rounds of 40. ammo for the DHS, Solyndra, and every other stinkin' low down dirty deal we've been paying for, for many years now!

Originally Posted by stevetheroofer

In other words , go home and apply the right way! 3rd party write in! Good luck with that! I seriously doubt President Romney would invest tax payers money in FEMA camps, free cell phones for "Foodstampers" 450 million rounds of 40. ammo for the DHS, Solyndra, and every other stinkin' low down dirty deal we've been paying for, for many years now!

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At this point, and with his hesitation, reservation, and out-right dodging whether he will rescind Obama's amnesty IF elected, all we have to go on are the promises of twenty years of RINOs to reverse illegal immigration in this country.

FAIL