MIRA, DNC respond to Romney smear by supporting illegal immigration

The Boston version of the National Enquirer informs us that it wasn't just Mitt Romney that contracted with "Community Lawn Service with a Heart", the landscaping service that apparently employed illegal aliens. It was also the city of Chelsea as well as the Massachusetts Port Authority.

(A question: why didn't the three Boston Globe reporters stake out those locations? Why did they choose Mitt Romney's manse? Could they be... biased?)

Then, we come to those illegal immigration supporters that are trying to profit from this smear:

"Over the past four years, Governor Romney has railed against undocumented immigrants relentlessly," Ali Noorani, executive director of the Massachusetts Immigrant Advocacy Coalition, said in a statement. "To our knowledge, Governor Romney has never offered a solution that respects undocumented immigrants as hard-working individuals striving to achieve the American dream, like the individuals who manicured his lawn for the past 10 years."

A Democratic National Committee spokesman, Damien LaVera, said that "Romney was too busy using immigration to cozy up to the right wing of the Republican Party to bother tending to his own backyard first."

A day late and a dollar short, the Boston Globe seeks legal advice:

Manuel Macias, an East Boston attorney who specializes in immigration law, said that someone who hires a contractor to perform services on his property has no obligation to make sure the employer's workers are in the country legally.

"If you hire a contractor, it's their responsibility, if they have employees, to [abide] by state and city laws, from workman's comp to immigration requirements," he said.

Immigration · Sun, 12/03/2006 - 11:28 · · Importance: 1