Thread: Romney: Need long term solution for children of illegals... Those in military OK

So what we got from Romney on "Face the Nation" is that he supports giving illegals permanent residence for those in the military. We've already known this, at least I did, but just in case some of you didn't (if you didn't, you should really do your research on this guy) the quote of his is below.

Anyways, this is about the third time he talks about this so called "long term solution" for children of illegals. He is set to speak to a group of Latinos sometime this week or next week, can't remember, but I'm wondering if he is preparing to make public some sort of proposal to aide these children. It really sounds to me like this "long term solution" has nothing to do with having them go back to their home countries and get in the back of the line. He is going to give them some sort of free pass. But eh, who cares right? Romney is still better than Obama and I'm just an Obama supporter blah blah blah, yea I get it (sigh).

Here's a transcript of that portion of the interview:

BOB SCHIEFFER: The President said, Friday, the government will no longer seek to deport eight hundred thousand of these young illegal immigrants who were brought into this country by their parents. I think you said this is just a short-term solution to a long-term problem, but would you repeal this order if you became President?


MITT ROMNEY: Well, let's step back and-- and look at the issue. I mean, first of all, we have to secure the border. We need to have an employment verification system to make sure that those that are working here in this country are here legally and then with regards to these kids who were brought in by their parents through no fault of their own, there needs to be a long-term solution so they know what their status is. This is something Congress has been working on, and I thought we are about to see some proposals brought forward by Senator Marco Rubio and by Democrat senators, but the President jumped in and said I'm going to take this action. He called it a stopgap measure. I-- I don't know why he feels stopgap measures are the right way to go and he--


BOB SCHIEFFER (voice overlapping): Well, what would you do about it?


MITT ROMNEY: Well, as-- as you know, he was-- he was President for the last three and a half years, did nothing on immigration. Two years, he had a Democrats' House in Senate, did nothing of permanent or-- or long-term basis. What I would do is I'd make sure that by coming into office I would work with Congress to put in place a long-term solution for the-- for the children of those that-- that have come here illegally--


BOB SCHIEFFER (voice overlapping): Would you--


MITT ROMNEY: --and I've said, for instance, that-- that those who served in the military, I would give permanent residents, too.


BOB SCHIEFFER: Sure, but would you repeal this?


MITT ROMNEY: Well, it would be overtaken by events, if you will, by virtue of my putting in place a long-term solution with-- with legislation which creates law that relates to these individuals, such that they know what their-- their stat-- setting is going to be--


BOB SCHIEFFER (voice overlapping): But would--


MITT ROMNEY: --not just-- not-- not just for the term of the President, but on a permanent basis.


BOB SCHIEFFER: I-- I won't keep on about this but just to-- to make sure I understand, would you leave this in place while you worked out a long-term solution or would you just repeal it?


MITT ROMNEY: We'll-- we'll look at that-- we'll look at that setting as we-- as we reach that. But my anticipation is, I'd come into office and say we need to get this done on a long-term basis, not this kind of a stopgap measure. What-- what the President did, he-- he should have worked on this years ago. If he felt seriously about this, he should have taken action when he had a Democrat House and Senate, but he didn't. He saves these sort of things until four and a half months before the general election.


BOB SCHIEFFER: Well, why did you think he did that?


MITT ROMNEY: Well, I-- I think the timing is-- is pretty clear. If he-- if he really wanted to make a solution that dealt with these kids or with the illegal immigration in America, then this is something he would have taken up in his first three and a half years, not in his last few months.


BOB SCHIEFFER: So he did it for politics?

Source:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3460_162...aham-gov-dean/