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Mitt Romney’s Hypocritical Iowa Illegal Immigration Mail

November 30, 2007 /

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Mitt Romney drops this contrast mail piece in Iowa this next week.

For the first time, Mitt Romney is using paid media to go after his nearest Iowa rival, Mike Huckabee.

In a mail piece that hit Hawkeye State households this week, Romney compares his stance on immigration to all four of his top GOP rivals, including the one who has moved into a statistical dead heat with him in Iowa. In a previous mailer in the state on gay marriage, Romney ignored Huckabee (who also supports a constitutional amendment on the issue)

Of course, Romney’s opponents will take issue with how their immigration views are presented and will hasten to point out that in the fall of 2006 the then-Massachusetts governor was much more sympathetic to offering illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship.

Hypocritical, you ask?

Yes, especially since Mitt Romney’s record is as moderate as many of his competitors:

  • While Romney was governor, the commonwealth of Massachusetts became one of the six states with the largest growth in unauthorized migrant population, from 2002 to 2004, according to the Pew Hispanic Center, with somewhere between 200,000-250,000 new illegal immigrants.
  • In the past, Governor Romney supported more LIBERAL positions on illegal immigration than the 2007 recently failed Kennedy-McCain legislation. In fact, he supported President Bush and Senator McCain’s efforts to change current law in favor of “AMNESTY.”
  • During Romney’s Term, Proposed State Aid To These Sanctuary Cities Increased 4.07%, From $103,218,421 In FY2004 To $107,419,246 In FY2007.
  • Romney’s Last Minute Agreement With Federal Government To Allow State Troopers To Enforce Immigration Laws Was Rescinded Before It Was Ever Implemented.

Might this be a televised response by Huckabee?

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ea9zlE9T1So[/youtube]

Stay tuned…….

Update:

Soren thinks Romney because of his money and political organization will “pull this off.”

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