Romney Says Thompson "Freddy Come Lately" on Illegal Immigration
"So during the years we are talking about I was fighting to protect legal
immigration and end illegal immigration. Sen. Thompson as I recall was a United States senator. What was he doing on this issue when he was in the Senate? I think he's a Freddy come lately to the immigration issue and I think my record as someone who has fought to protect legal immigration but to stop illegal immigration stands up against anybody's in the country," says Mitt Romney of former Sen. Fred Thompson. "Romney reiterated his proposal to reign in federal funding to sanctuary cities, and added, he was glad Thompson had 'bought on to the view that I espoused.' Romney later gave credit to Rep. Tom Tancredo for the original idea."
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