Romney takes beating on immigration as Supreme Court hears Arizona challenge
As the U.S. Supreme Court finally takes up a lawsuit over Arizonas restrictive immigration law, there are some leading immigration reform activists who are calling Mitt Romneys stated position of supporting policies that encourage self-deportation nothing more than fantasy.
Romney has previously called Arizonas immigration policies a model for the country, and said he favors the states law because it provides incentive for self-deportation by making life for undocumented immigrants more miserable than it was in their country of origin.
While the Romney campaign has since clarified that he did not call the law itself a model but was instead endorsing the states electronic citizenship verification system, his carefully worded positions on how to deal with undocumented immigrants have not sat well with leading advocates. Throughout his campaign, Romney has repeatedly advocated Arizonas verification system, but when he speaks about the subject he always neglects to note that a virtually identical system is already in place nationally.
We need a humane solution for the undocumented, Ali Noorani, executive director of the National Immigration Forum, explained to Raw Story. That means they have to be able to acquire legal status, go through a background check, learn English, pay a fine and get on the path to citizenship
Self-deportation is a fantasy. People are here to work and here to help America prosper. If America is not prospering, immigrants do not want to come here.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/25/romney-takes-beating-on-immigration-as-supreme-court-hears-arizona-challenge/