ThinkProgress: During an NBC GOP presidential debate last month, Mitt Romney drew laughter from some in the crowd when he revealed that his plan for immigration reform amounts to self-deportation, which is people decide that they can do better by going home because they cant find work here.
That idea which forms the basis of the radical anti-immigration laws in Arizona and Alabama is inspired by the work of Kris Kobach, Kansas Secretary of State. Kobach, who advises Romney on immigration, explained the self-deporation concept in an interview with ThinkProgress recently, calling it attrition through enforcement.
In an interview with Univision's Jorge Ramos, John McCain who has endorsed Romney distanced himself from the former Massachusetts governors rhetoric. We have to present a humane approach to a very difficult issue of illegal immigration into this country, McCain said, adding that he favors a path to legalization for undocumented immigrants. Ramos forced McCain to concede that he did not agree with the policy of self-deporation:
RAMOS: You're talking about a humane way. Is self-deportation a humane way to treat 11 million undocumented immigrants?
McCAIN: No. I think there are some people who want to leave this country and return to the country they came from, but obviously it requires a broader solution than that, and we all know that.
That idea which forms the basis of the radical anti-immigration laws in Arizona and Alabama is inspired by the work of Kris Kobach, Kansas Secretary of State. Kobach, who advises Romney on immigration, explained the self-deporation concept in an interview with ThinkProgress recently, calling it attrition through enforcement.
In an interview with Univision's Jorge Ramos, John McCain who has endorsed Romney distanced himself from the former Massachusetts governors rhetoric. We have to present a humane approach to a very difficult issue of illegal immigration into this country, McCain said, adding that he favors a path to legalization for undocumented immigrants. Ramos forced McCain to concede that he did not agree with the policy of self-deporation:
RAMOS: You're talking about a humane way. Is self-deportation a humane way to treat 11 million undocumented immigrants?
McCAIN: No. I think there are some people who want to leave this country and return to the country they came from, but obviously it requires a broader solution than that, and we all know that.
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