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    N.M. Gov. Susana Martinez criticizes Romney’s ‘self-deportation’ idea

    Posted by Felicia Sonmez at 01:28 PM ET, 05/14/2012
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    Mitt Romney was already facing a hard time within his party when it comes to his stance on illegal immigration.

    Now, the presumptive GOP nominee faces criticism on the issue from a potential running mate, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez (R).

    In an interview with Newsweek’s Andrew Romano, Martinez takes aim at “self-deportation,” an idea promoted by Romney during the GOP primary and one at the heart of Arizona’s controversial S.B. 1070 anti-illegal immigration law.

    As we sit down at a local Starbucks, I ask about immigration. It’s a topic she has been reluctant to discuss since winning the Republican primary in 2010, so what comes next is surprising: a battle plan that contradicts nearly everything the GOP has been doing and saying since 2007, Romney’s “self-deportation” strategy included. “‘Self-deport?’ What the heck does that mean?” Martinez snaps. “I have no doubt Hispanics have been alienated during this campaign. But now there’s an opportunity for Gov. Romney to have a sincere conversation about what we can do and why.”

    Martinez also suggests that the GOP propose its own comprehensive immigration reform measure in an effort to draw a contrast with the Obama administration’s lack of progress on the issue:

    Naturally, Martinez has some suggestions. First, Republicans should remind Latinos that Obama pledged to pass comprehensive immigration reform by the end of his initial year in office, but “didn’t even have the courage to try.” Next, the GOP should outflank the president — on the left — by proposing its own comprehensive plan. “I absolutely advocate for comprehensive immigration reform,” Martinez says, sipping a caramel macchiato. “Republicans want to be tough and say, ‘Illegals, you’re gone.’ But the answer is a lot more complex than that.” Martinez envisions an approach “with multiple levels”: increased border security; deportation for criminals; a guest-worker program for people who want “to go freely back and forth across the border to work”; a DREAM Act-style pathway to citizenship, through the military or college, for children brought here illegally by their parents; and a visa (coupled with a “penalty” or a “tagback”) that allows the rest of the illegal population to remain in the U.S. while they follow standard naturalization procedures.

    Romano notes that Martinez “also opposes a standalone DREAM Act, arguing that politicians can’t fix [immigration] by saying, ‘Here’s the DREAM Act and we’re done. It has to be part of a larger plan.’ ”

    That last point would put Martinez at odds with another potential VP candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who is working on his own scaled-back version of the DREAM Act and who argues that the issue of undocumented people who were brought to the United States as children is a “humanitarian” one.

    A Romney spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Martinez’s remarks.

    The interview highlights the difficulty for Romney of working to woo Latino voters while being ever mindful of a GOP base for which a hard-line stance on illegal immigration is of paramount importance.

    N.M. Gov. Susana Martinez criticizes Romney’s ‘self-deportation’ idea - The Washington Post
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    If this article is true and accurate then Governor Susana Martinez is a two faced untrustworthy Comprehensive Amnesty supporter.

    Here she has been half halfheartedly fighting to deny licenses for illegal aliens in New Mexico to honor her campaign promise, yet she wants to turn around and legalize most illegals and then give them licenses.

    Time to put Gov. Susana Martinez on the political scrap heap with the other illegal alien invasion supporter traitors.

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    1:53 PM EDT, Monday May 14, 2012
    Susana Martinez: Hispanics Were Alienated By GOP Primary
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    Republican New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez is at odds with the presumptive Republican presidential nominee and most of her party when it comes to immigration policy. She told The Daily Beast that the debate over immigration during the GOP primary “alienated” Hispanics.

    “I have no doubt Hispanics have been alienated during this campaign,” Martinez said. “Now there’s an opportunity for Gov. Romney to have a sincere conversation about what we can do and why.”

    But the policies Romney touted on the trail are not what Martinez has in mind. Martinez scoffed at the idea of “self-deportation,” a policy proposal from Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach that Mitt Romney embraced on the trail and a guiding principle behind the Arizona and Alabama immigration laws.

    “‘Self-deport?’ What the heck does that mean?” Martinez said.

    Martinez said she wants the Republican Party to embrace comprehensive immigration reform, though she is not in lock step with Democrats on the issue. According to the Daily Beast, Martinez favors a multi-level approach that includes ramped-up border security, deportation for criminals, a guest-worker program for people who want “to go freely back and forth across the border to work,” a DREAM Act-style pathway to citizenship for children brought here illegally – though she does not favor a stand-alone DREAM Act – and a visa with a penalty attached for the illegal population to remain in the country while they go through the legal process of getting residency and citizenship.
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    WOW!!!! This is a shocker....I really thought she was on OUR side!!!!!!!!! WOW!!!!
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    She right up there with Lou Dobbs............

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    Disastrous. I don't know what to say. Just devastating flip-flop on steroids.

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    added to the homepage with the following note...

    call Governor Susana Martinez (505-476-2200) to voice you are disappointed with her support for Comprehensive Amnesty for illegal aliens and her opposition to Romney's "self deportation" plans for illegal aliens that ALIPAC supports.


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    Now, the presumptive GOP nominee faces criticism on the issue from a potential running mate, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez (R).
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    We are being led to believe through these subliminal suggestions that unless a GOP presidential candidate picks a running mate of Mexican ancestry he is automatically doomed to fail.

    These are bald-faced lies. If anything, it would hurt him.
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    Quote Originally Posted by partwerks View Post
    She right up there with Lou Dobbs............
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    Martinez's widespread conservative support can dissipate as quickly as it materialized.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ALIPAC View Post
    If this article is true and accurate then Governor Susana Martinez is a two faced untrustworthy Comprehensive Amnesty supporter.

    Here she has been half halfheartedly fighting to deny licenses for illegal aliens in New Mexico to honor her campaign promise, yet she wants to turn around and legalize most illegals and then give them licenses.

    Time to put Gov. Susana Martinez on the political scrap heap with the other illegal alien invasion supporter traitors.

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    A page out of Marco Rubio's book ..
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