Immigrant advocates hammer Romney on his promise to veto DREAM Act
By Mike Lillis - 01/03/12 12:14 PM ET
National advocates for immigrant rights are hammering Mitt Romney this week for opposing legislation providing a path to citizenship for illegal immigrant students.
The advocates maintain that Romney's recent vow to veto the DREAM Act if he wins the White House will "disqualify" him in the eyes of Latino voters, an ever-growing constituency that both parties have sought to court.
"Millions of Latino voters see their own children and family histories in the aspirations and ambitions of the DREAM youth and don’t take kindly to those determined to slam the doors of opportunity in their faces," Frank Sharry, executive director of America’s Voice, an immigrant rights group, said Tuesday in a statement.
"If he becomes the Republican nominee, Romney will find it virtually impossible to reach the 40 percent threshold among Latino voters that Republican candidates need to win the White House," Sharry said ...
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