What’s Mitt Romney Selling To Latino Voters?

So Mitt Romney is running as a Republican for president in 2012. Here at News Taco we thought it’d be a good idea to look briefly at his history of promises to Latino voters, his stance on the issues, and what not. You may recall, we previously did a piece on Tim Pawlenty, the guy who compared immigrants to terrorists. Check it out what the Internet told us.

• Opposed comprehensive immigration reform in 2007 but tried to tell Latino voters that his position was “mischaracterized.”
• First he said it was reasonable, then said it was amnesty.
• Used the “Latino values are American values” card.
• Campaigned in 2007 in Puerto Rico for votes.
• Romney said the U.S. should be an English-only country, even as he released campaign ads in Spanish — ¿qué?
• His dad was actually born in Mexico, in Chihuahua, although interestingly there was no birth certificate issue when he became governor of Michigan.
• Romney wants to deport undocumented immigrants, ban “sanctuary cities” (municipalities that don’t want local law enforcement to actively enforce federal laws) and wants to secure the border (whatever that means).
• He was caught at least twice with landscaping and other workers who had no papers.
• Employers who hire people without papers should get off scot free.

So there you have it. It’s strange, as this guy said, that Romney’s own family totally ignored the law, immigration law, when they fled the U.S. to Mexico, then when they came back, but when it comes to other people seeking opportunity they can’t have it. Truly an interesting story, check it out. I’m sure as the campaign goes on we’ll get a better idea of Romney’s stances with regard to the economy, healthcare, education and other important Latino voter issues.

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