MITT ROMNEY ESTA EQUIVOCADO CON RESPECTO A ASUNTOS IMPORTANTES PARA LOS HISPANOS

Mitt Romney continúa probando que está dispuesto a decir lo que sea para ganarse un voto. A pesar de que en el foro de Univision de hoy afirmó no ser ‘anti inmigrante’, Mitt Romney ha adoptado la más extrema política inmigratoria en el campo republicano, dijo que vetaría la Ley DREAM (respaldada por sus propios asesores republicanos), dijo que todos los inmigrantes indocumentados deben ‘auto deportarse’ e incluso recibió con beneplácito el respaldo de personas polémicas como Kris Kobach, quien fue el arquitecto de las más extremas leyes estatales contra inmigrantes. Romney ha demostrado una y otra vez, ya sea con sus comentarios insensibles sobre la inmigración o su plan de dejar que el mercado de vivienda “toque fondo”, que no comprende las dificultades que pasan muchas familias hispanas.

ENTRE LOS CANDIDATOS REPUBLICANOS, ROMNEY TIENE LA POLÍTICA DE INMIGRACIÓN MÁS EXTREMA

Romney es el candidato republicano de más extrema derecha con respecto a inmigración. “But Perry’s first major stumble in the primary race occurred when Romney attacked him from the right on the question of immigration: A generic ‘ideology score’ can’t capture the fact that, for millions of voters (especially Hispanics) who see immigration as a make-or-break issue, it is Romney, not Perry, who is furthest to the right.” [Bloomberg, 11/14/11]

·         Romney adopta una postura rígida sobre inmigración, sus partidarios se preocupan de que se perjudique con el grupo de votantes de más rápido crecimiento: los hispanos. “With Romney’s recent move to wield the immigration issue as a club against Rick Perry — painting him as ‘soft’ on a topic that resonates with the Republican primary electorate — the former Massachusetts governor is taking advantage of a rare opportunity to outflank Perry on the right among conservatives. After the Texas governor wounded himself with his remarks in the last debate, Romney seized on the issue of illegal immigration, trying to paint Perry as an open-border softy who is giving out freebies to people who enter the country illegally. But the tactic is not without risk, and some strategists — and even some Romney supporters — are beginning to worry that he could damage himself as a general election candidate with the fastest-growing population of voters who are up for grabs: Hispanics.” [Politico, 10/4/11]

Washington Post: “Los republicanos están cada vez más preocupados” de la que la “acalorada retórica de Mitt Romney sobre la inmigración ilegal” socave los esfuerzos del partido por “obtener una porción competitiva de los cada vez más numerosos votantes hispanos”. “Republicans are increasingly worried that their party’s efforts to win a competitive slice of the fast-growing Hispanic vote in important presidential battleground states are being undermined by Mitt Romney’s heated rhetoric on illegal immigration. Several leading GOP strategists say Romney’s sharp-tongued attacks have gained wide attention in Hispanic media and are eroding the party’s already fragile standing in that community.” [Washington Post, 12/19/11]

ROMNEY DIJO QUE VETARÍA LA LEY DREAM Y LA HA DESCRITO COMO UNA “LIMOSNA”

Cuando se le preguntó si vetaría la Ley DREAM, Romney dijo, “La respuesta es que sí”. “‘The question is if I were elected and Congress were to pass the Dream Act, would I veto it and the answer is yes,’ Romney said.” [Reuters,12/31/11; Le Mars, IA Meet & Greet, 12/31/11]

Cuando se le preguntó sobre su oposición a la Ley DREAM, Romney dijo que si los votantes “hispanoamericanos” quieren a “un presidente que les va a hablar sobre una dádiva o más beneficios gratis, tienen a ese tipo”. Romney: “You know, the Hispanic-American voters I speak with are overwhelmingly concerned with opportunity. They want good jobs in America and rising incomes. If they want a president who is going to talk to them about a handout or more benefits for free, they got that guy.” [Starting Point, CNN, 1/4/12]

Romney indicó que la Ley DREAM es “favoritismo” y “una ruta especial” para que los inmigrantes indocumentados se hagan residentes permanentes o ciudadanos. Romney: “Now with regards to immigration policy, I absolutely believe that those who come here illegally should not be given favoritism or a special route to becoming permanent residents or citizens that's not given to those people who have stayed in line legally. I just think we have to follow the law, I think that's the right course. … I have indicated I would veto the DREAM Act if provisions included in that act to say that people who are here illegally, if they go to school here long enough, get a degree here that they can become permanent residents. I think that's a mistake. I think we have to follow the law and insist those who come here illegally, ultimately return home, apply, and get in line with everyone else.” [Fox News/Wall Street Journal SC Debate, 1/16/12]

ROMNEY PROCURÓ OBTENER Y ANUNCIA QUE CUENTA CON EL RESPALDO DE KRIS KOBACH, SECRETARIO DE ESTADO DE KANSAS Y UNO DE LOS AUTORES DE LAS LEYES ANTI INMIGRACIÓN DE ARIZONA Y ALABAMA

Romney anunció el respaldo del secretario de Estado de Kansas Kris Kobach. [Romney For President, 1/11/12]

Kris Kobach ayudó a redactar las leyes de inmigración en Arizona y Alabama. “Kobach, a Republican, pushed legislators last year to impose requirement, but some legislators were wary of the idea. Kobach is a former University of Missouri-Kansas City law professor who's become nationally known for helping state and local officials draft measures designed to crack down on illegal immigration, and he helped draft tough laws in Alabama and Arizona. He contends a proof-of-citizenship requirement will prevent illegal immigrants from registering to vote, but he sees the rule as part of a broader attempt to combat election fraud.” [Associated Press, 1/11/12]

Romney sobre el secretario de Estado de Kansas Kris Kobach: “Estoy muy orgulloso de contar con el respaldo de Kris. … Kris ha sido un verdadero líder con respecto a resguardar las fronteras y detener el flujo de inmigración ilegal a este país”. Romney: “I’m so proud to earn Kris’s support. … Kris has been a true leader on securing our borders and stopping the flow of illegal immigration into this country. We need more conservative leaders like Kris willing to stand up for the rule of law. With Kris on the team, I look forward to working with him to take forceful steps to curtail illegal immigration and to support states like South Carolina and Arizona that are stepping forward to address this problem.” [Romney For President, 1/11/12]

·         El secretario de Estado de Kansas Kris Kobach, quien respalda a Romney, ayudó a redactar SB 1070, la polémica ley anti inmigrantes de Arizona. “Kobach is one of the chief supporters of state-led immigration crackdowns, and helped draft SB 1070, the first of a wave of such laws in Arizona. Since then, Georgia, South Carolina, Indiana and Alabama have passed similar laws to SB 1070.” [Huffington Post, 1/11/12]

El secretario de Estado de Kansas Kris Kobach, quien respalda a Romney, apoyó “disminución por medio de la aplicación de la ley” que procura incentivar a los inmigrantes indocumentados a que se vayan al hacer “más difícil” que vivan y trabajen en una zona. “In a telephone interview Monday from South Carolina, Mr. Kobach said he is guided by the ‘attrition through enforcement’ principle, which seeks to drive out illegal immigrants by making it ‘more difficult’ for them to live and work in an area.” [Wall Street Journal, 1/16/12]

ROMNEY APOYÓ DEPORTAR A TODO INMIGRANTE INDOCUMENTADO

Cuando se le preguntó si se debería permitir que se quede alguien que ha sido un ciudadano respetuoso de las leyes durante 25 años, Romney dijo, "No voy a comenzar a trazar líneas aquí sobre quién puede quedarse y quién debe irse". [CNN/Heritage/AEI Debate, 11/22/11]

Romney: No se debe permitir que 12 millones de inmigrantes indocumentados se queden permanentemente. En un debate del Partido Republicano en ABC el 5 de enero, 2008, Romney dijo: “I disagree fundamentally that the 12 million people who come here illegally, should be allowed to stay here permanently. I think that is a form of amnesty and that it’s not appropriate.”  [NH ABC Debate, 1/5/08]

Romney apoyó la “auto deportación” de inmigrantes indocumentados. SMITH: “You say you don`t want to go and round up people and deport them, but you also say that they would have to go back to their home countries and then apply for citizenship. So, if you don`t deport them, how do you send them home?” ROMNEY: “Well, the answer is self-deportation, which is people decide they can do better by going home because they can`t find work here because they don`t have legal documentation to allow them to work here. And so we`re not going to round people up. The way that we have in this society is to say, look, people who have come here legally would, under my plan, be given a transition period and the opportunity during that transition period to work here, but when that transition period was over, they would no longer have the documentation to allow them to work in this country. At that point, they can decide whether to remain or whether to return home and to apply for legal residency in the United States, get in line with everybody else. And I know people think but that`s not fair to those that have come here illegally.” [NBC Florida Debate, 1/23/12]

COMO GOBERNADOR, ROMNEY OCUPÓ EL 47º LUGAR ENTRE 50 EN TÉRMINOS DE GENERACIÓN DE EMPLEO, MIENTRAS QUE LOS SALARIOS E INGRESOS EN MASSACHUSETTS DISMINUYERON

Durante los cuatro años que Romney fue gobernador, Massachusetts ocupó el 47º lugar entre 50 en términos de generación de empleo. “The Republican contender was the governor of Massachusetts from January 2003 to January 2007. And during that time, according to the U.S. Labor Department, the state ranked 47th in the entire country in jobs growth. Fourth from last.  The only ones that did worse? Ohio, Michigan and Louisiana. In other words, two rustbelt states and another that lost its biggest city to a hurricane. The Massachusetts jobs growth over that period, a pitiful 0.9%, badly lagged other high-skill, high-wage, knowledge economy states like New York (2.7%), California (4.7%) and North Carolina (7.6%). The national average: More than 5%.” [Marketwatch, 2/23/10]

Los salarios e ingresos en Massachusetts disminuyeron 2% durante el periodo de Romney. “Between 2002 and 2006, the median real (inflation adjusted) weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in Massachusetts is estimated to have fallen by $10 or nearly 2 percent. The real income of the average (median) family in Massachusetts in 2005 was 1 percent below its value at the time of the 2000 Census while median household income was 3 percent below its 2000 value. Median household income fell even more sharply in the nation. Family incomes in both the United States and Massachusetts have become more unevenly distributed since 2000.” [Boston Globe, 7/28/07]

Entre el 2003 y el 2005 el salario promedio por hora de los trabajadores de Massachusetts disminuyó 5%, el más pronunciado descenso en el país durante ese periodo. “Perhaps even worse, wages in Massachusetts, after adjusting for inflation, have dropped across the labor force over the last few years. In particular, the median hourly wage that is, the wage earned by the typical Massachusetts worker fell close to 5 percent between 2003 and 2005, the largest decline in the country during that period and the largest two-year decline in Massachusetts in at least twenty-five years.” [Massachusetts Budget And Policy Center, 9/3/06]

Con Romney, el salario medio de hogares de familia en Massachusetts disminuyó $1,963 en términos reales. En el 2002, el ingreso medio de hogares de familia en Massachusetts fue de $55,266. Con ajustes para reflejar la inflación, este monto fue de $61,932.33 en poder adquisitivo del 2006. En el 2006, el ingreso medio de hogares de familia en Massachusetts fue de $59,963, una disminución de $1,963.33 desde el 2002 en el ingreso medio de hogares de familia con ajustes para reflejar inflación. [Census.gov American Community Survey, 2002 Median Household Income And 2006 Median Household Income; BLS Inflation Calculator, 2002-2006]

CON RESPECTO A VIVIENDA, ROMNEY DIJO QUE DEBERÍAMOS DEJAR QUE EL PROCESO DE EMBARGOS “SIGA SU CURSO” Y DIJO QUE LOS BANCOS ESTÁN “SINTIENDO LO MISMO” QUE LOS PROPIETARIOS DE VIVIENDA EN DIFICULTADES

Romney: “No traten de detener el proceso de ejecuciones hipotecarias. Dejen que siga su curso y toque fondo”. Romney: “As to what to do for the housing industry specifically and are their things that you can do to encourage housing. One is, don’t try to stop the foreclosure process. Let it run its course and hit the bottom. Allow investors to buy homes, put renters in them, fix the homes up and let it turn around and come back up. The Obama administration has slow walked the foreclosure process [inaudible] that has long existed and as a result we still have a foreclosure overhang.” [Las Vegas Review-Journal, 10/17/11]

Romney a los residentes de Florida preocupados sobre vivienda: “Ahora bien, los bancos no son gente mala; simplemente están abrumados en este momento”. [Romney Event, Lehigh Acres FL, 1/24/12]

Romney les dijo a los residentes de Florida preocupados de perder su casa: “Los bancos, por supuesto, están muertos de miedo… por lo que sienten lo mismo que ustedes están sintiendo”. Romney les dijo a los residentes de Florida: “Well the banks are scared to death, of course, because they think that they’re going to go out of business. They’re afraid that if they write all these loans off that they’re going to go broke. So they’re feeling the same thing that you’re feeling, so they just want to pretend like all this is going to get paid so they don’t have to write it off and potentially go out of business themselves.” [Romney Roundtable, Tampa FL, 1/23/12]