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Title: Gov. Romney tells California GOP that U.S. needs more skilled immigrants
Source:
Associated Press
URL Source: http://news.bostonherald.com/politics/view.bg?articleid=153648
Published: Aug 20, 2006
Author: Associated Press
Post Date: 2006-08-20 15:18:40 by Brian S
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Views: 110
Comments: 14
Sunday, August 20, 2006 - Updated: 08:31 AM EST LOS ANGELES - Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney told the California GOP convention Saturday the United States should encourage foreigners with skills to immigrate, while discouraging those who come here illegally and without skills. “It is wrong for us to build an absolute concrete wall against those with skills and enterprise,” he said, referring to foreign students who come here for advanced study, “and have a wide open door for people with no education and no skills.” His remarks were greeted with enthusiastic applause from this conservative crowd, for whom illegal immigration is a hot issue. Romney, a Republican governor in a Democratic state, is exploring a presidential run in 2008. California, with its reservoir of campaign cash, is a key stop along campaign trails. Romney, a social conservative, also criticized gay marriage, saying, “every child deserves a mother and a father.” He praised President Bush’s aggressive foreign and military policies, and said the nation should wean itself from oil. “This country is using too much oil,” he said, adding that billions of dollars were being poured “down black holes in countries who don’t like us.” He said improving education and investing in technology was the way to keep America competitive as Asian economies grow.
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#2. To: Brian S (#0)
What concrete wall?! Over 65K a year of L1, H1B foreign visa workers! http://www.todaysengineer.org/2005/Sep/pulse.asp The stats for IT programmers and software engineers are no better, even worse.
#3. To: All, *Destroying the Middle Class* (#2)
Back when I was doing the Janitorial thing (1990s), many of the Doctors where I worked where unhappy with the "forced retirement" of many of their co-workers. "What do you mean you don't want to do twice the work at half the pay? Ingrate! We'll show you." Not long after I noticed more and more applicants with names like "Dr. Derka Derka" showing up on the CEOs desk. Ah, the 1990s, where bosses could look workers in the eye (or shit in their face) and tell them they were lucky to be employed at all.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest“It is wrong for us to build an absolute concrete wall against those with skills and enterprise,” he said, referring to foreign students who come here for advanced study, “and have a wide open door for people with no education and no skills.”
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#7. To: robin (#2)
What concrete wall?! Over 65K a year of L1, H1B foreign visa workers!
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