Chuck Rocha on The ED Show – Mitt Romney & Immigration

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Welcome back. six days after president obama aannounced a major policy change affecting the lives of nearly 800,000 young people, mitt romney has no answers when it comes to immigration. today romney spoke to a convention of latino- elected officials in florida offering few specifics on how he would deal with more than 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the united states if elected president. as to whether he would overturn president obama’s executive action, romney again sidestepped the issue altogether.

>> some people have asked if i will let stand the president’s executive order. the answer is that i will put in place my own long-term solution that will replay and supersede the president’s temporary measure.

>> while the president’s plan applies to a broad spectrum of young people brought to the united states as children, romney’s proposal offers a path to legal status only to those that serve nts military. green cards are gin to those that earn advanced degrees in the united states. the one thing romney did offer the hispanic audience, was a different tone. he told a republican audience this at a debate back in january.

>> well, the answer is self-deportation, which is people decide they can do better by going home because they can’t find work here.

>> today, romney changed his tune again.

>> i’m going to address the problem of illegal immigration in a civil and resolute manner. we may not always agree, but when i make a promise to you, i will keep it.

>> let’s turn to chuck rosha. chuck, good to see you again and have you with us tonight. what does romney’s position on immigration say about his ability to lead? i have to say after watching the speech today, there’s no more definition today than yesterday. no more definition.

>> his biggest truth is when he said we don’t agree in a room full of elected latino leaders and talked about electric fences and self-deportation and actually had the gall to say he would rescind the order that president obama set. president obama had to do that because the congress wouldn’t act. there were over 800,000 children who have pledged aledgeanaledge i can’t answer to one flag in a life. the man who wants to president who is say millionaire gets before latino leaders and says, why don’t you get me and understand where i’m coming from? you can bleem me. when you talk about electric fences and self-deportation, there’s no wonder you’re 35 points behind with the latino vote.

>> it sounds like you believe he didn’t do anything to improve his standing with hispanics today. he had a golden opportunity to do it. it seems to me that romney really agrees with the president, but president obama is so toxic to the right wing and any republican right now he can’t bring himself to saying it. what do you think?

>> you could tell by his tone today he wanted to be the nice guy and go, i know what it’s like and there’s something holding me back. maybe it’s the tea party and conservative right. if i say the wrong thing i cut off my funding and all hopes of being president. what president barack obama did was very smart. it wasn’t political because these 800,000 people can’t cast the first vote for him. what it did was mobilize and energize people like me who is latino who is registered to vote, who was born here. that’s the root thing to do. as americans we came here, and people came here with an idea, to kind of honor or values. we were supposed to be equal, all equal under the law. it puts him in a bad place.

>> here’s what one former mccain advi adviser told z “the new york time times”, if they have the wrong tone or rhetoric on immigration, hispanics won’t listen to any proposals on anything else. does his performance today should the door all the way to november for him with the latino vote.

>> i run the latino project, and the top three issues with latino voters are jobs, education and immigration. today in his speech his job proposal is more trade agreements. when i hear that, more trade agreements, that says my job is leaving, and on education, he said we need a choice when it comes to education. when i hear that that means schools for profit, privatizing schools and no public education. he said all the wrong things today, and i think he has a long ways to go.

>> president obama is going to speak to this very same group of latino leaders tomorrow. how’s he going to be received? what does he need to say, if anything, at this point?

>> i think that he hasn’t fixed the problem totally but made aa step in the right direction. he made these people under, from all different types of latinos from cuba or a texas mexican like i am. i’m trying to get you something so you won’t be deported. all have collective action to be heard. at least he stood up and said your voice is heard. if the congress won’t act, by god, i will ask.

>> chuck rocha one of the best latino voices in the country.

>> thank you, ed.

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Welcome back. six days after president obama aannounced a major policy change affecting the lives of nearly 800,000 young people, mitt romney has no answers when it comes to immigration. today romney spoke to a convention of latino- elected officials in florida offering few specifics on how he would deal with more than 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the united states if elected president. as to whether he would overturn president obama’s executive action, romney again sidestepped the issue altogether.
>> some people have asked if i will let stand the president’s executive order. the answer is that i will put in place my own long-term solution that will replay and supersede the president’s temporary measure.
>> while the president’s plan applies to a broad spectrum of young people brought to the united states as children, romney’s proposal offers a path to legal status only to those that serve nts military. green cards are gin to those that earn advanced degrees in the united states. the one thing romney did offer the hispanic audience, was a different tone. he told a republican audience this at a debate back in january.
>> well, the answer is self-deportation, which is people decide they can do better by going home because they can’t find work here.
>> today, romney changed his tune again.
>> i’m going to address the problem of illegal immigration in a civil and resolute manner. we may not always agree, but when i make a promise to you, i will keep it.
>> let’s turn to chuck rosha. chuck, good to see you again and have you with us tonight. what does romney’s position on immigration say about his ability to lead? i have to say after watching the speech today, there’s no more definition today than yesterday. no more definition.
>> his biggest truth is when he said we don’t agree in a room full of elected latino leaders and talked about electric fences and self-deportation and actually had the gall to say he would rescind the order that president obama set. president obama had to do that because the congress wouldn’t act. there were over 800,000 children who have pledged aledgeanaledge i can’t answer to one flag in a life. the man who wants to president who is say millionaire gets before latino leaders and says, why don’t you get me and understand where i’m coming from? you can bleem me. when you talk about electric fences and self-deportation, there’s no wonder you’re 35 points behind with the latino vote.
>> it sounds like you believe he didn’t do anything to improve his standing with hispanics today. he had a golden opportunity to do it. it seems to me that romney really agrees with the president, but president obama is so toxic to the right wing and any republican right now he can’t bring himself to saying it. what do you think?
>> you could tell by his tone today he wanted to be the nice guy and go, i know what it’s like and there’s something holding me back. maybe it’s the tea party and conservative right. if i say the wrong thing i cut off my funding and all hopes of being president. what president barack obama did was very smart. it wasn’t political because these 800,000 people can’t cast the first vote for him. what it did was mobilize and energize people like me who is latino who is registered to vote, who was born here. that’s the root thing to do. as americans we came here, and people came here with an idea, to kind of honor or values. we were supposed to be equal, all equal under the law. it puts him in a bad place.
>> here’s what one former mccain advi adviser told z “the new york time times”, if they have the wrong tone or rhetoric on immigration, hispanics won’t listen to any proposals on anything else. does his performance today should the door all the way to november for him with the latino vote.
>> i run the latino project, and the top three issues with latino voters are jobs, education and immigration. today in his speech his job proposal is more trade agreements. when i hear that, more trade agreements, that says my job is leaving, and on education, he said we need a choice when it comes to education. when i hear that that means schools for profit, privatizing schools and no public education. he said all the wrong things today, and i think he has a long ways to go.
>> president obama is going to speak to this very same group of latino leaders tomorrow. how’s he going to be received? what does he need to say, if anything, at this point?
>> i think that he hasn’t fixed the problem totally but made aa step in the right direction. he made these people under, from all different types of latinos from cuba or a texas mexican like i am. i’m trying to get you something so you won’t be deported. all have collective action to be heard. at least he stood up and said your voice is heard. if the congress won’t act, by god, i will ask.
>> chuck rocha one of the best latino voices in the country.
>> thank you, ed.
>> the politics of failure. find out have romney is telling rick scott will you please shut up on this economy thing down there in florida. republicans are busy going after eric holder while student loan rates double in ten days. the president is calling them
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