Romney won't revoke young illegal immigrant visas
DENVER (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he would honor temporary work permits for young illegal immigrants who were allowed to stay in the U.S. because of an executive order signed this summer by President Barack Obama.
Romney told The Denver Post, in an interview appearing in Tuesday's edition, that people who are able to earn the two-year visas to stay and work wouldn't see them revoked under a Romney administration.
"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 told the Post, promising to put a comprehensive immigration reform plan into place before those visas expire.
In June, Obama issued an executive order that allows some young illegal immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children to avoid deportation. Romney criticized Obama for circumventing Congress to make the change a few months before the presidential election.
During the Republican presidential primary, Romney said he would veto legislation to provide a path to citizenship for some of the young people who benefited from Obama's executive order.
Throughout the Republican primary, Romney took an aggressive tack on immigration, saying in debates that he approved of "self-deportation," where undocumented workers would choose to leave on their own because they were unable to find work in the U.S. He assailed rival Rick Perry, the Texas governor, for allowing illegal immigrants to attend Texas state colleges and universities at in-state tuition rates.
Romney also said he would veto the so-called DREAM Act, legislation that would have allowed a path to citizenship the children of illegal immigrants if they meet certain education or service requirements. Romney has always said he supports a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants who serve in the military.
After rival Rick Santorum dropped out of the primary, leaving Romney the presumptive Republican nominee, the former Massachusetts governor indicated he would review potential legislation from Florida Sen. Marco Rubio that would have allowed some young illegal immigrants a way to stay in the country.
At a Univision forum last month, Romney said: "I'm not going to be rounding people up and deporting them from the country. ... I will put in an immigration reform plan that solves this issue."
The Denver Post interview comes as Romney and Obama are fighting a heated battle for Colorado, whose significant Hispanic population could determine which candidate receives the state's nine electoral votes.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
The difference between these two clowns, aside from race & skin color? Oh thats right... NOTHING!!!
I would kick them right out
OK got it, So just like obama (they really do represent the same corporate interests) ,romney ,in a treasonous move against the US, will allow illegal invaders to take over, got it. One more of the MANY reasons I wont vote for either of these fools.
Ahh Romney your liberal colors shine through
Why is Romney pandering to the Latino vote when the President has %70 of their vote? In other news,A judge has struck down the voter I.D law in Pennsylvania.Another swing state for Obama now.
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 @oh4FS Folks this is what happens when there are only two keys that aren't stuck on the keyboard.......
Romney has always said he supports a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants who serve in the military.
So if you are willing to die ..going after His oil he will let you cut his lawn??
Yup a true republican.....
 @cptmac11 Is there a difference between the two candidates? Certainly doesn't seem that way.
Pandering for the Hispanic vote, like our Dear Leader. Will Mitt take away the 16 million Obama phones? Oh, that's still more votes, better not.
I am not a fan of Romney but i had decided to vote for him based on this issue. I was sick when Obama signed that executive order. Seriously, if he keeps pandering to people he knows aren't going to vote for him anyway (his words) he is going to loose people who would vote for himu.
what issues? How can you know were he stands on anything. He has flip flopped on almost everything he has said.
 @swimmer Too bad Obama every word out of Obama's mouth is complete lie.
 @swimmerI'm with you swimmer, I hate when politicians change their position when presented with facts. Good thing President Obama has been a stalwart for gay marriage and closing Gitmo.
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 @swimmer NASA, Guantanmo, rendition, military tribunals, unilateral military action (Libya). All politicians do it swimmer, I can appreciate you pulling for your guy though.
pssst, torino, when obama has as many flip flops as robme (about 12 post down) please let us knowÂ
 @Torino  @swimmer Mitt had to do this all his illegals work for his company's..
burger king, home depot, (Calif)
On another note, I heard robdme lost in the first 3 practice debates he had !
 @sargerator But he was in front of a mirror...?????
I have lost all respect for him, he is just as crooked as BO, anything for a hispanic vote.
This guy should be thrown in the bag with all the crooked Illinois politicians and put in jail.
why the hell is Mittens pandering to a group of NON citizens
 @kramr Understand the man understand his policy .....
Look before you like  ...
Just sayin....
If you get a chance do a little research on his mormon religon. Their god appeared to the indians in the u.s. They believe that the indigenous american indians are the lost tribes of Isreal. The u.s. indians migrated to mexico. The mexican indian, (most of the people migrating here) are indigenous and therefore the lost tribes of Isreal. Mormons believe that the mexican is special and deserve a high station because of the above. What robme has done isn't a surprise. If he was to be elected he would open the gates- and they wouldn't be here without papers but he would provide papers for all. There a rumor that people in mexico are saying that if robme gets elected he'll first bring all the mexicans that have worked on the robme ranch in mex to the united states, then the the workers from surrounding states.
How will that solve the Unemployment problem for EXISTING Americans.
WE DONT NEED MORE WORKERS WE NEED MORE JOBS.... tap tap tap... is this thing on?
Hello?
 @Rey Arteb Ann has been asking that for years.....
What a joke, and tomorrow he will be for deportation if the person holding the money tells him to be so. He's a monkey dancing on hot coals for bananas. May the best liar win Colorado.
Pretty good the President and Romney support rewarding criminals for their crimes. Well you clowns should get together and close all of the prisons so that all criminals are treated equally. ILLEGALS=CRIMINALS=PARASITES
Hey free, since your half and half, have you asked your mexcian parent what they think of robme?
I figure one or two more weeks and Romney will just make an official announcement that he is exactly like Obama. Well except for not telling us his tax reform plan, because the math would just take too long.Â
I truely can't wait for the debates.Â
Robme's flip flops:
âI believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years we should sustain and support it.â  Source
âRoe v. Wade has gone too far.â Source
âI donât line up with the NRA.â Source
âIâm a member of the [NRA].â Source
âI like mandates. The mandates work.â Source âI think itâs unconstitutional on the 10th Amendment front.â SourceÂ
âI respect and will protect a womanâs right to choose.â Source
âI never really called myself pro-choice.â Source
âI saw my father march with Martin Luther King.â Source
âI did not see it with my own eyes.â Source
âI supported the assault weapon ban.â Source
âI donât support any gun control legislation.â Source
âI think the minimum wage ought to keep pace with inflation.â Source
âThereâs no question raising the minimum wage excessively causes a loss of jobs.â Source
âI will work and fight for stem cell research.â Source
âIn the end, I became persuaded that the stem-cell debate was grounded in a false premise.â Source  Â
âI would like to have campaign spending limits.â Source  âThe American people should be free to advocate for their candidates and their positions without burdensome limitations.â Source Â
âIâm a strong believer in stating your position and not wavering.â
SourceâI changed my position.â SourceÂ
âDetroit needs a turnaround, not a check.â Source
âIâll take a lot of credit for the fact that this industryâs come back.â Source
âIâm not in favor of privatizing Social Security or making cuts.â SourceÂ
âSocial Securityâs the easiest and thatâs because you can give people a personal account.â Source
âIâm not trying to return to Reagan-Bush.â SourceâRonald Reagan is⦠my hero.â Source Â
âIâve been a hunter pretty much all my life.â SourceâAny description of my being a hunter is an overstatement of capability.â SourceÂ
âIf Massachusetts succeeds in implementing it, then that will be a model for the nation.â Source âWhat works in one state may not be the answer for another.â Source
All robme flip flops:
âIt was not my desire to go off and serve in Vietnam.â Source
âI longed in many respects to actually be in Vietnam and be representing our country there.â Source
âItâs a tax cut for fat cats.â Source
âI believe the tax on capital gains should be zero.â Source
âItâs not worth moving heaven and earth spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person.â SourceâHeâs going to pay, and he will die.â SourceÂ
âRelative to the leading candidates, some people see me as being more conservative.â Source
âIâm not the most conservative candidate.â âIâm not the most conservative candidate.â Source
âThe TARP program⦠was nevertheless necessary to keep banks from collapsing in a cascade of failures.â Source
âWhen government is⦠bailing out banks⦠we have every good reason to be alarmed.â Source
âThese carbon emission limits will provide real and immediate progress.â Source
âRepublicans should never abandon pro-growth conservative principles in an effort to embrace the ideas of Al Gore.â Source
âThis is a completely airtight kennel mounted on the top of our car.â Source
âTheyâre not happy that my dog loves fresh air.â Source
âThose⦠paying taxes and not taking government benefits should begin a process toward application for citizenship.â Source
âAmnesty only led to more people coming into the country.â Source
âWhen I first heard of the Donât Ask, Donât Tell policy, I thought it sounded awfully silly.â Source
âDonât Ask, Donât Tell has worked well.â SourceÂ
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 @swimmer I can think of one more that I didn't see listed.
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In 2006 he was for smaller, more economical cars (low price, better gas millage).  Now that his campaign is being bankrolled in part by big oil, it's a different tune.
They are both garbage, and we deserve someone with the balls to do what is right! Tired of the b.s. candidates we are fed each election cycle.
Another flip flop. this guy doesn't stop. Geejuses, this is freaking funnier the shieet. And you pubes support him? Wht a cruel joke- Oh my.
 @swimmer The problem is most people cannot see that the 2 party system is nothing more than an illusion to keep us divided. All mainstream candidates are owned and operated by big banks and corporations, ALL OF THEM.
 @randomdude Gary Johnson 2012
 @Torino  @randomdude Cool I named my Johnson bubba...
Why did you pick gary????
you know bro, I totally agree with you.