On immigration, GOP has given extremist views a 'comfortable home'
Mitt Romney’s mysterious views on immigration
By Eugene Robinson, WashPost, Monday, June 18, 6:26 PM
Sí, se puede. Yes, it can be done.
President Obama showed last week that it’s possible to find a reasonable, humane solution for at least 800,000 young people who were illegally brought into this country as children. All you need is a moral compass and a heart.
Seems to me that Obama’s unilateral decision to let these noncitizens remain here without fear of deportation should have quieted critics who bray and whine about a supposed lack of bold presidential leadership. It didn’t, of course.
Republicans immediately — and cynically — charged that the president’s move was purely political, aimed at boosting his chances of reelection. Polls show that Latino voters care passionately about immigration reform. If Obama’s initiative energizes and motivates this key segment, which already supports him by about 2 to 1, it becomes much tougher to defeat the president in the fall.
But if taking action on the immigration issue is good politics for Obama and the Democrats, then Republicans have only themselves to blame. The GOP has made a conscious decision to offer nativists and xenophobes a comfortable home where their extremist views go unchallenged. No one should be surprised if voters who think differently about immigration issues — including some who are recent immigrants themselves — feel unwelcome.
(More here.)
By Eugene Robinson, WashPost, Monday, June 18, 6:26 PM
Sí, se puede. Yes, it can be done.
President Obama showed last week that it’s possible to find a reasonable, humane solution for at least 800,000 young people who were illegally brought into this country as children. All you need is a moral compass and a heart.
Seems to me that Obama’s unilateral decision to let these noncitizens remain here without fear of deportation should have quieted critics who bray and whine about a supposed lack of bold presidential leadership. It didn’t, of course.
Republicans immediately — and cynically — charged that the president’s move was purely political, aimed at boosting his chances of reelection. Polls show that Latino voters care passionately about immigration reform. If Obama’s initiative energizes and motivates this key segment, which already supports him by about 2 to 1, it becomes much tougher to defeat the president in the fall.
But if taking action on the immigration issue is good politics for Obama and the Democrats, then Republicans have only themselves to blame. The GOP has made a conscious decision to offer nativists and xenophobes a comfortable home where their extremist views go unchallenged. No one should be surprised if voters who think differently about immigration issues — including some who are recent immigrants themselves — feel unwelcome.
(More here.)
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I am sure that Romney's views on immigration are merely evolving. Similar to how Obama's views on same-sex marriage were evolving. This is much ado about nothing regarding Romney's views on immigration.
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