Mittens tries to boost his street cred with the foaming-at-the-mouth nativists
Romney's Horrific Immigration Plan: Make Immigrants' Lives Miserable So They Leave
GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney stole a page from the restrictionists playbook this week when he promoted the idea of self-deportation during a presidential debate. If people dont get work here, Romney stated, theyre going to self-deport to a place where they can get work. Rather than initiate a constructive solution to our nations immigration problems, Romney is jumping in bed with immigration restrictionist groups who support policies that tear American families and communities apart, devastate local economies, and place unnecessary burdens on U.S. citizens and lawful immigrants.
Romneys use of the term self-deportation is not at all surprising given his recent collaboration with Kris Kobach, the current Secretary of State of Kansas who continues to serve as chief legal counsel to the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI), an arm of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR).
Kobach, the self-professed author of several state and local immigration-control bills, advised Romney on immigration during his 2008 presidential bid and has long-promoted the strategy of attrition through enforcement the immigration-control strategy to drive away the unauthorized population by making their lives so miserable that they will choose to deport themselves rather than remain in the U.S.
Attrition through enforcement lawslike Arizonas SB1070 and Alabamas HB56were explicitly designed to interfere with the everyday activities of immigrants and go far beyond denying unauthorized immigrants work. These laws deny access to housing, school, work, and even water and electricity to anyone who cant prove legal status. The laws supporters have made it clear that making people miserable and encouraging them to leave the state is the intended consequence of their policies. ............(more)
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