Today on ABC's This Week, the round table discussion highly criticized Romney and Guiliani for proposing immigration policy that is directly opposite what they endorsed as governor of MA and mayor of NY. They are beginning to look silly to the country.
Huckabee was praised, but as usual what is hurting him is lack of funding. I wish money wasn't so important to a presidential campaign. If a Republican were to be there I would rather have Huckabee or maybe (?) McCain.
Romney is still focusing on DREAM ACT students, having said: "people that are here illegally should not be able to get a tuition break that allows illegals to have tuition that's lower than the children of our citizens."
What this means in code is that if DREAMERS are allowed in-state tuition, then U.S. citizens from other states should also receive the discount.-- which of course is impossible. Most public universities depend on the extra tuition from out of state students. Besides, how can you say a DREAMER is not an "in-state" tuition student if he/she has lived in the state since they were 2 years old?
If on the very long shot Romney is elected president, I think that much of the fire his dragon is spouting would be snuffed out. He is pretending so he can impress us.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-romney18nov18,1,59014.story?ctrack=5&cset=true
From the Los Angeles Times
Romney: Aid illegal immigrants, lose funds
The GOP candidate criticizes states that offer driver's licenses or tuition breaks.
From the Associated Press
1:17 AM PST, November 18, 2007
HENDERSON, NEV. — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Saturday promised if elected to cut federal funding for cities and states that he considers tolerant of illegal immigration. But he said he was unsure how deep the cuts would be.
The former Massachusetts governor repeated statements he has made in recent days that he would deny funding to so-called sanctuary cities, states that issue driver's licenses to illegal immigrants and states that allow the children of illegal immigrants to receive in-state tuition discounts at universities.
"They are practices that, if you will, extend this sanctuary state of mind we have," Romney told more than 200 people gathered at a public library. "I like immigration -- legal immigration."
Romney also outlined a plan for an employment verification card that he said would make it easy for companies to determine a prospective employee's citizenship status before hiring.
Romney told reporters he was unsure how much federal funding he would cut. "I can't give you the specifics," he said. The campaign later described the in-state tuition plan as a proposal to "trim back" education funds.
Romney said Saturday that he did not think students in the U.S. legally should be denied discounted tuition, even if their parents were here illegally, but that "people that are here illegally should not be able to get a tuition break that allows illegals to have tuition that's lower than the children of our citizens." California grants undocumented students in-state tuition if they graduated from a California high school.
Romney has used the issue to criticize opponent Mike Huckabee, who as governor of Arkansas supported a failed attempt to extend in-state tuition and scholarships to the children of illegal immigrants.
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