He opposes the DREAM Act, but is a staunch advocate for reforming the cumbersome legal immigration process.\u00a0 As Williams says, Labrador \u201chas been involved in trying to block virtually every one of President Obama\u2019s major legislative initiatives.\u201d\u00a0 He also \u201copenly mused\u201d about supporting a Tea Party challenger to Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) when it looked like Boehner might cave-in to President Obama\u2019s demands to avert a government shutdown last summer.<\/p>\n
As for how Labrador would advise Romney to reach out to Hispanic voters after a bruising primary season:<\/p>\n
\u201cI would tell, Romney, as I would tell anybody, is that we need to start talking about being a party of inclusion, we need to start talking about how we\u2019re a, a party for legal immigration, that we actually want to reform the system so people can actually come to the United States in a legal, safe way.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Sounds like a reasonable pitch to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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