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Mitt Romney: 'Our Immigration System Is a Mess'
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Monday gave a succinct description of the nation’s immigration system: a mess.
The former Massachusetts governor said that while the system must be changed to protect the nation’s borders, an immigration reform bill that was shot down last week in Congress was a flawed solution, in part because it included ‘‘a major amnesty provision.’’
‘‘The people of America said ’Stop, that’s just wrong,’ and (lawmakers) finally had to listen to the fact,’’ Romney told about 100 people during a town-hall style meeting at a golf course in Jefferson, Iowa. ‘‘Well, a few senators — both Republican and Democrat — listened to the people long enough to say ’We’re stopping this bill.’’’
Romney said immigration is one of the many challenges facing the country.
‘‘Our immigration system, I already mentioned, is a mess,’’ he said, running through a laundry list of policies that should be changed in Washington.
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Later Monday in Carroll, he was asked the dreaded hypothetical question that no Republican presidential candidate wants to hear.
If President Bush or Vice President Dick Cheney were indicted and convicted of crimes while in office, would you — as president — pardon them?
Romney declined to answer, saying he wouldn’t speculate and that ‘‘I certainly don’t want a newspaper article to read ‘‘Romney agrees to pardon.’’
‘‘I don’t think there’s any prospect of that occurring,’’ he said, diverting from the question and reaffirming his support for the president.
© 2007 Associated Press.
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