GOVERNOR MITT ROMNEY ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
GOVERNOR ROMNEY VETOED AND DEFEATED IN-STATE TUITION BILLS
Boston Globe. Governor Mitt Romney vetoed the [in-state tuition] bill late last month [June 2004], stating that he could
not support an initiative that he said would promote more illegal immigration. ''The Commonwealth should not make it
easier for illegal aliens to violate federal immigration laws," said Shawn Feddeman, a spokeswoman for the governor.
''And we shouldn't excuse those violations of the law by giving illegal aliens the same benefits we provide our own
citizens." http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/07/11/tuition_bill_veto_may_face_override_challenge/ or
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Boston Globe. [Massachusetts] House lawmakers defeated a contentious in-state tuition bill [Jan. 2006]. The 57-96 vote
was also a blow to the House Democratic leadership…. "Gov. Romney commends the members of the House who
recognize, as we all do, that it is wrong to reward illegal immigration," said Romney spokeswoman Julie Teer…..Before
the vote Romney told reporters the state should focus on legal immigrants….."Those individuals who are not here legally,
in my view, should not receive a special benefit," he said. "There's not a bottomless pit in terms of money."
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/01/12/immigrant_tuition_bill_defeated/
GOVERNOR ROMNEY OPPOSED DRIVER’S LICENSES FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS
National Review. Last year, the governor [Romney] threatened to veto a bill that would have allowed illegal aliens to
obtain driver's licenses, but the legislation never made it to his desk. http://www.nationalreview.com/miller/miller200512141539.asp
GOVERNOR ROMNEY OPPOSES AMNESTY AND OTHER INCENTIVES TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
National Review. I'm against an amnesty and against anything that provides an incentive for people to come here
illegally.” http://www.nationalreview.com/miller/miller200512141539.asp
Boston Globe: Giving children of illegal immigrants a tuition break would act as an incentive to draw in more illegal
immigrants to Massachusetts, Romney said.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/11/01/reilly_romney_spar_over_immigrant_tuition_bill/
Heritage Foundation. But I didn’t want to create any incentives to have people move to our country illegally. Now, why
is that? I’d like to have more people come to our country legally. I love immigrant populations coming to this land.
They’ve been an enormous source of our strength.” http://www.heritage.org/Press/Events/ev091405b.cfm
GOVERNOR ROMNEY SIGNED AN MOU TO ALLOW STATE POLICE TO ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAW
Boston Globe. Governor Mitt Romney has reached an agreement with federal authorities that allows the Massachusetts
State Police to arrest immigrants who are in the state illegally, his spokesman said.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/12/03/troopers_can_arrest_illegal_immigrants_in_romney_deal?mode=PF"We are a nation of laws,"
Fehrnstrom said. "In the case of immigration, our laws are being broken every day. In the past, Romney has vetoed
legislation to provide tuition breaks to illegals. He's opposed to giving them driver's licenses. He doesn't think the
government should be condoning illegal behavior." http://www.miracoalition.org/press/mira-in-the-news/feds-say-state-can-bust-illegal-immigrants
GOVERNOR ROMNEY REQUESTED A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION OF COMPANIES HIRING ILLEGAL ALIENS
(Worcester) Telegram. The office of a cleaning and maintenance company here that has come under public scrutiny was
quiet yesterday, two days after Gov. Mitt Romney, who has called for a crackdown on illegal immigrants, said he would
ask federal authorities to investigate a media report that the company uses undocumented workers to clean state police
barracks and other state facilities. http://www.telegram.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060706/NEWS/607060760/1008/NEWS02
GOVERNOR ROMNEY OPPOSES BILINGUAL EDUCATION
Boston Globe. ''English immersion passed by an overwhelming majority. To then create loopholes large enough that can
be used to abuse that direction is wrong, and it is arrogant,'' Romney said. ''As a result of that, we're going to campaign
hard to do everything possible to ensure that the people who are in the Legislature are individuals that will follow the will
of the people, particularly when it's so clearly and visibly provided to all of us.''
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