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Updated 12:53 p.m. - Mitt Romney found himself in a difficult position -- and on the receiving end of an attack by President Obama's campaign -- after an RNC official suggested the presumptive Republican nominee is "still deciding" on his position on immigration.
Bettina Inclan, the director of Hispanic outreach for the Republican National Committee, appeared to suggest the former Massachusetts governor's immigration position was still very much up in the air.
Rebecca Cook / Reuters
Mitt Romney addresses a crowd of supporters during a rally May 8.
"As a candidate, to my understanding, he's still deciding what his position on immigration is," Inclan said at a briefing for reporters on the party's outreach to Latinos.
The quote quickly exploded on Twitter, and the president's re-election campaign condemned the comment.
Inclan later tweeted that she had misspoken, and included a link to Romney's immigration policy.
"Over the past year Mitt Romney has proven time and time again that he is the most extreme presidential candidate in modern history on immigration," said Gabriela Domenzain, the Obama campaign's director of Hispanic press. "Mitt Romney has decided to be the most extreme presidential candidate on immigration; Hispanics and all Americans have heard it loud and clear."
Domenzain pointed in particular to the instances in the Republican primary in which Romney outflanked his opponents to their right. Romney had promised to veto the DREAM Act, and curiously suggested at a GOP presidential debate that his immigration policy involves "self-deportation."
Romney faces a serious deficit among Hispanic voters versus Obama, according to recent polling, a gap that means trouble for the Republican nominee this fall, and possibly spells long-term peril for the party.
That said, Romney has begun softening his language on immigration as he begins pivoting toward the general election. He said he's studying a proposal by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio -- a possible running mate for Romney -- to modify the DREAM Act to allow legal residency, but not citizenship, to illegal immigrants in a narrow set of circumstances.
Complicating matters for the Romney campaign, though, is the Obama campaign's uncontested advantage is Hispanic media. The president's campaign announced a second wave of Spanish-language radio and TV ads (focused on health care reform) on Tuesday.
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All you bleeding hearts. They are stealing us blind
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Exlax ETCH-A-SKETCH! More WISHY-WASHY, he can't do or say anything right, what the hell did the Republican Party ever see in this jerk! Yesterday he was AGAINST & today he is FOR! I guess the intelligent Republican Party women like him, because OPPOSITES ATTRACT ONE ANOTHER!
Hey 99% American People, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO! Vote 100% DEMOCRATIC, to rid ourselves of this trash & the rest of the Republican political puppets! The lives your SAVE will be YOURS & your CHILDREN! Let's get rid of this garbage and get our country back!!!
The truth is that Mr. Romney is still deciding on all issues; not just immigration.
Do the Mitt Romney Pander Dance!
First you pander to the RIGHT!
Then a little Pander to the LEFT!
you spin around and waffle,
then do a flip-flop!
It's all the rage in the GOP!
McCain featured it on DWTS!
Flip-Flop, Flip-Flop, from the King of Flip Flop !!! What's New ? lol!!!
Only the desperate will be his Running Mate, nobody wants to run with him because they know he going to lose.
These people come her to live the American dream most of us have taken for granted long ago. They work in horrible conditions for next to nothing. How are they stealing our jobs and resources? Most Americans would consider it beneath them to take any job picking oranges in a field or working as a dishwasher in a restaurant, their too busy mistakenly holding out for the 6 figure job they are not qualified for or their big break in the movies. Talk about over enflated egos, everyone is not going to be a millionaire, thats just reality. Dont drink the right wing cool aid, and stop using the Mexicans as your scape goat. Illegal or not, Mexican Americans have agreat work and family ethic, and probably feel more passionatley about living in this country than most jaded citizens who dont know how good they have it.
I see your point and respect your opinion, but that is not the question, the question is where does Romney stand......he doesn't know and he has had many years to decide.
That just goes to show you he would have still been deciding on Bin Laden, he would have never taken the chance that the President has taken in killing the Most Wanted Man on the Planet.
Carl except for the ones that now populate our jails in the majority also. Not all illegal immigrants are criminals don't get me wrong but Mexico is now exporting them so we can pay to house them. Honest people follow the laws come here legally and live a happy life, come here illegally and get sent back if this is a country of laws then they need to be followed.
Mom, I agree with everything you said 100%. Tis the Season, your right too, but here is a criminal element of anygroup that comes to this country. I agree that immigrants should fcome hre legally, but reality is the econmic environment of our time doesn't allow it to always work out that way or not. Its a fact we are go]ng to have to deal with one way or th other
Hopefully, his position is that he'll worry about it once the economy is fixed. The rest is just more empty promises, from both sides, in order to secure 4 years of special interest driven power.
The only position that Romney has correct is his stance on immigration. The Dream Act, if it were limited to the student only, required a student to graduate instead of just attending college, and did not allow them to sponsor all their siblings and parents after receiving citizenship, I would be for it. As for entering the military, we don't need any more mercenaries, we already have them, it's called the volunteer army in which the citizens pay people to go to war, so they and their family don't have to.
Who cares what Mitt has to say anyway, he'll only change his opinion to suit who he's looking to win popularity with in the near future. Like any other man, he is only as loyal as his options. Condemning healthcare bill he created to look good in fron of his teabagger base.
It doesn't matter where he stands now because it all depends who he is talking to as to which answer he will give.
Good post Beverly, I was thinking the very same thing. Romney cannot even decide when or what his last flip-flop will be.
He's been running for 7 years for President....do you think he would already have "stances on all issues"?
The GOP says "wait until the voters get to know him better"....better?
Maybe if he would take a stance and stick to it....voters may already know him!
Here is what he has been saying about immigration for years now.
Do you think that maybe this is a non-story planted by one of Obama's lap dogs with a splashy headline?
Nah. Couldn't be. LOL
http://2012.republican-candidates.org/Romney/Immigration.php
All you bleeding hearts. They are stealing us blind
http://www.wthr.com/video?clipId=7054149&topVideoCa%E2%80%8BtNo=103348&autoStart=true
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"Romney is still deciding on where he stands on illegal immigration ?"....
My god man, at what, 62 years of age you still do not how you feel about people sneaking into America illegally, taking American jobs, bleeding America's health, education and social system dry ? Yet you think you would make a good president ?......God forbid
What job has a Mexican stole from you? Americans turn their noses up at the jobs they do and wouldn't take them even if they were and many are) broke.
Ellis, Carl has a point about the jobs they will work, but they do need to come here legally that at least gives them honor. Now Carl while you are correct they are doing the jobs we won't what would happen if there were no one to do those jobs and they were the only jobs available, I suspect we would come down off our horse and do them.
Carl,..No one has ever stole a job from me, I am long retired and spent the last thirty years of my working days in my own business hiring dozens of people at a decent, livable wage. Never had to be unpatriotic, or stoop low enough to hire someone at a sub-minimum wage who was in his country illegally to make a profit.
But some of my children and grand children who are construction and manufacturing have lost jobs and promotions to illegal immigrants for the sake of profit.....
Don't get me wrong, I am all for people seeking out a better standard of life, but I am adamantly opposed to those who disrespect the law and those patently waiting their turn in line as law prescribes......Come to America legally, or not at all.
PS; Tis, are you saying construction, manufacturing and steel fabrication jobs are jobs Americans do not want?
The reason why Mexicans get consturction jobs over Americans is they get more done before 9:00 AM than other workers do all day long. They put in a granite til floor for a relative of mine and were done in one day, did not accept even a glass of ice tea that was offered to them and only took on half hour lunch break. The floor was beautifully done and everything was cleaned up as if they had never been there. the only evidence of the mbeing there was the beautiful work they did. I dont know your grandchildren, but can you think of any American construction crew doing anything like that?
I'll vote for Mitt as I certainly cannot support four more years of the Obama regime. It is really time to be stern and step up and say no. Those of us who have worked, served in the military, and have paid the price resent those getting the freebies. Don't give me we need someone to pick the oranges, when crop season is over, ship them home. We do not need illegals leaching off of the medical system, getting ITIN numbers and milking the Child Tax credit and sending the money out of the Country. Bring the troops home, stand them up at the borders don't let new illegals in and hunt down those on the dole and send them home. Mean spirited, absolutely, but closing the borders and worrying about those who were born here or earned the right to be called Americans should trump all other.
If you apply for Legal Immigration and come here with the ambition and work ethic to make America better (and not try to change it to Mexico North), that spirit is what this Country is founded on. If you have any other intentions in mind, please don't come.
How do you know Mitt is going to do all this.....he doesn't even know himself? And if he says he will, you can bet he will change his mind after the election. This mans family fled to Mexico to escape prosecution.
cplusmc,
Your stuff is old GOP talking points.... Get a clue
The answer to the problem isn't all that complex. A possible solution is if you're caught within 3 years of sneaking in, you're deported. After that, you can stay but you can never vote, and neither can your children. No children of illegals should ever be allowed to vote.
Obama betrays millions of Americans, by allowing illegals to steal from Americans ten million jobs. The law on e-verify would free these jobs to Americans, but Obama does not allow this. Romney wants to adopt e-verify. But Obama and the left media want that Romney refused to adopt e-verify and became the same traitor as them.
Illegals were here before Obama was even born....why didn't all the others do more?
Stop trying to blame Obama, this is nothing New...remember Mitt's family has Mexican connections. His family fled to Mexico to escape prosecution for pligimay. You think they didn't leave any babies there?
Its the Republicans too. Did all of these illegals just show up since 2008? Do you think Romney wants to explain to his rich friends why thier labor costs have to go up because they have to hire Americans instead of cheap labor? It is the rich that want to keep the illegals here, so they can pay them little and leave thier healthcare and housing costs to the taxpayers. All the profits going in thier pockets.
You seriously think e-verify will work? A study that was commissioned by the Dept. of Homeland Security found that 54% of illegal workers were given the go ahead because of identity theft.
@Mom, what you said has no relation to what I wrote.
We have TEN MILLIONS job stolen by illegals NOW, not in the past. And it i s OBAMA, who NOW is not allowing to free these jobs for Americans.
The only hope for Americans is that Obama will replaced by Romney, who promised to apply e-verify in USA.
@smilingphoebs. E-verify allows to identify illegals who made identity theft. It works in more than 99% cases.
Ivan Smith,
Next you will blame President Obama for Mitt Robme's flip-flopping.... You have no clue what your talking about.
Ask Alabama farmers how they feel about getting rid of all the Mexicans that were kicked out of Alabama with the strict immigration policies they enacted last year..... Fruits and vegetables are rotting on the ground, as they can't get American workers to do the job....at 10 to 12 dollars an hour... The farmers also say that if they can get an American to hang around long enough, Mexicans do 2 to 3 times the work..... You are clueless.... Your comments are nothing more than baseless GOP, Fox News, Rush Limbaugh talking points to spread hate and fear,,, nothing to do with reality..
You mean to tell me the Republican nominee to run for President against Obama doesn't know yet where he stands on immigration?
*Shakes heads* F'in pathetic...
ROFLMAO Someone tell Mitt he needs to just do like he always does. Depending on the crowd pretend to be the other Mitt. :)
Obama has been President for over 3 years and HE is still deciding on what to do about immigration....George Bush in 8 years didn't decide what to do about immigration.
So, you want Romney to tell you what he is going to do about immigration before he is even elected???? Get a grip!!!
LOL
Don't worry, no amount of feigned anger will change the fact you will have to vote for DimMitt, like him or not. :D
P.S. More immigrants have been deported by the Federal Government then under the few previous presidents so don't pretend to go there...
We need to be tough on immigration. Too Many people coming into this country. Theirs no jobs for americans as it is. Close the borders for five years, straighten out the mess. The country is to over populated.
How can he not have a position? Or is that the politician way of saying he needs to say the right thing for votes?
Mitt can't even decide how he stands when he's taking a leak.
So mitt is on the fence. Tell you what Mitt, until you develop a backbone and lead by example and get rid of the stinking mexicans I am on the fence with my vote. I would never in a million tears vote for the welfare prez for any reason but you can forget my vote if you don't stand on the side of American laws. Hispanics will be majority in 50 yrs anyway because of previous failed leadership.
What's your opinion on the auto bailout? Romney: it was my idea
What's your opinion on immigration? Romney: I'll answer that after the election
What's your opinion of the equal pay law? Romney: I'll get back to you on that
Which way is the wind blowing? Just look at the Romney Flag for the answer!
You Repubs are serious about making this idiot President? Do you hate Obama that much to put this country in the hands of this human Etch-a-sketch?
bigdummy - Here's the obama answer.
What's your opinion on the auto bailout? send a welfare check
What's your opinion on immigration? send another welfare check and give free healthcare
What's your opinion of the equal pay law? just collect welfare
Which way is the wind blowing? doesn't matter - everything is free. Let me do some community organizing here.
Yes for them its anything but black for 2012. We have never treated a President like we have this one, why what is the difference. Color what a sorry excuse to hate someone. We are long passed denying this is the case, it shows its ugly head here everyday in comments, positions and plain language. We as a people have not progressed as far as we thought.
Tis - I don't see a mention of color in here besides yours??? Learn punctuation.
While you mention it - The single most failed group in the history of the world. Never a successful country - state - city - town - community or even a street. The most burdensome, unsuccessful, needy group to ever exist. Disproportionate number of unwed mothers, fatherless children, non high-school graduates, felons and welfare recipients to ever exist. These are all historical facts. Now what were you saying about obama???