Romney on Immigration

Scott Helman of the Boston Globe sees mounting pressure on Mitt Romney to explain his position on immigration:

A blunt cliché best captures John McCain’s rebuttal to persistent attacks from Mitt Romney over his immigration plan: Put up or shut up.

In his appeals to conservative voters, Romney has made the Arizona senator’s work on immigration one of his favorite targets. When McCain and other senators unveiled the latest reform bill two weeks ago, Romney called it the “wrong approach” and immediately launched a television ad slamming “amnesty” for illegal immigrants.

But while Romney has been aggressive with his barbs, he has offered no specific solutions of his own to the immigration crisis. With McCain and his surrogates pushing the issue hard, Romney is facing increasing questions about what he would do about the problem.

Romney, in outlining his immigration position, advocates three broad principles. He says he wants to secure the borders, establish a fraud-proof employee verification system, and offer no special residency or citizenship privileges to the estimated 12 million immigrants in the United States illegally. Click here for the rest of the story.

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