On Mitt Romney's Immigration Rhetoric, Obama-Supporting LA Mayor Previews Line Of Attack

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WASHINGTON -- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a Democrat, plans to dig into Mitt Romney in a speech on immigration reform Wednesday, when he will call the candidate's rhetoric and anti-immigrant endorsers "beyond the pale."

"For the first time in modern memory, a major political party is poised to nominate a presidential candidate who has abandoned immigration reform and instead advocates self-deportation," Villaraigosa will say in a speech to the National Association of Latino Elected Officials, according to prepared remarks. The speech also includes pressing for immigration reform and a second term for President Barack Obama.

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Many of the attacks write themselves, to a degree. In trying to appeal to Republicans with a strong opposition to immigration reform, the GOP candidates have attempted to one-up each other on their methods to drive undocumented immigrants out of the country.

Obama told Hispanic media outlets in November that his campaign won't need to run negative "character assassinations" to win among Latinos, as he did handily in 2008. "We may just run clips of the Republican debates verbatim," he said.

More here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/08/mitt-romney-immigration-antonio-villaraigosa_n_1262552.html

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