Denver Post
Obama campaign: Romney confuses immigration issue
By Allison Sherry
October 2, 2012
http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/2012/10/02/obama-campaign-romney-confuses-immigration-issue/83004/
The Obama campaign said GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has confused voters in statements to The Denver Post that he would honor temporary work permits given to illegal immigrant DREAMers granted by the Obama administration.
Romney said in an interview Monday before a Denver rally that he would not deport illegal immigrants who were granted temporary amnesty under an executive order issued by President Obama in June.
“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.”
Romney said he will work with Congress to pass permanent immigration reform. While he didn’t furnish a lot of details Monday about what that would look like, he has said in previous interviews kids who served in the military may be able to qualify for citizenship.
Obama’s director of Hispanic press Gabriela Domenzain said in a statement:
“Romney’s latest immigration pivot raises more questions than it answers. He still has not said whether he would continue the Administration’s policy that provides a temporary reprieve from deportation for young people who were brought here through no fault of their own. Would he side with his extreme anti-immigration advisors and repeal this measure? What would he do with those who qualify for deferred action but haven’t received it? Would he deport those who have received a deferment when the program expires after two years?”
www.beverlyhillsimmigrationlaw.com
Obama campaign: Romney confuses immigration issue
By Allison Sherry
October 2, 2012
http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/2012/10/02/obama-campaign-romney-confuses-immigration-issue/83004/
The Obama campaign said GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has confused voters in statements to The Denver Post that he would honor temporary work permits given to illegal immigrant DREAMers granted by the Obama administration.
Romney said in an interview Monday before a Denver rally that he would not deport illegal immigrants who were granted temporary amnesty under an executive order issued by President Obama in June.
“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.”
Romney said he will work with Congress to pass permanent immigration reform. While he didn’t furnish a lot of details Monday about what that would look like, he has said in previous interviews kids who served in the military may be able to qualify for citizenship.
Obama’s director of Hispanic press Gabriela Domenzain said in a statement:
“Romney’s latest immigration pivot raises more questions than it answers. He still has not said whether he would continue the Administration’s policy that provides a temporary reprieve from deportation for young people who were brought here through no fault of their own. Would he side with his extreme anti-immigration advisors and repeal this measure? What would he do with those who qualify for deferred action but haven’t received it? Would he deport those who have received a deferment when the program expires after two years?”
www.beverlyhillsimmigrationlaw.com
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