“I’m also probably more of a hawk on immigration than even the president,” Romney said. “My view was that these DACA kids shouldn’t all be allowed to stay in the country illegally, but President [Obama] and both parties said, ‘No, we’re going to let the 1.8 million stay in the country and give them legal residence, legal status.’ That was not my posture.”
Romney’s position is far more conservative than most Utahns’. A Tribune/Hinckley Institute poll in January had 69 percent of Utahns in favor of allowing Dreamers to stay and work in the country that gave them a path to success, including 61 percent of Utahns who say they are Republicans.