Romney also opposes comprehensive immigration reform to grant paths to citizenship for the undocumented, and said during the GOP primary that he would encourage self-deportation -- a policy of making life difficult until unauthorized immigrants decide to leave.
After the election, President Reagan signed legislation that granted a path to citizenship to three million Hispanic Americans who had broken the law in the way they came here.
"These people came in the wrong way, so they don't belong here, period," Mrs. Thibodeaux, a Republican, said of some 12 million illegal immigrants who would have been granted a path to citizenship under the Senate bill.
However, after taking the first set 6-4, Nadal was granted a path to the second round when Tomic retired to boos from some sections of the crowd.
Granted, bike path signage is hardly of the same level of importance as clean air and clean water.
During comprehensive immigration reform efforts in 2013, for example, Democrats agreed to an overhaul of the legal immigration system, border security measures and enforcement as part of a package that would have also granted a path to legal status and eventual citizenship for much of the undocumented immigrant population.
Mr. Huntsman will also appear on Telemundo's "Enfoque," a Spanish-language public affairs show, to talk about his support for the federal Dream Act, which would grant a path to citizenship for limited groups of illegal immigrants.
Some experts say more money could flow to countries like Mexico if Congress approves an immigration overhaul granting a path to citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants, because studies have shown that legalization can lead to increased wages.
Although he has campaigned with Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, a Cuban-American popular with the Tea Party, Mr. Romney has not endorsed Mr. Rubio's proposal to grant a path to legal residency for some children of illegal immigrants.
He never uttered the phrase "Dream Act", a decade-long, common-sense piece of legislation that would grant a path to legalization for undocumented immigrants who were brought to America as children.
