Obama, Romney differ on major homeland security issues

promised to veto the DREAM Act if it passed, and annul the executive order, if he is elected. He did veto a similar state law in Massachusetts when he was governor. Romneydoes endorse a path to legal status for those who serve in the military. Romney says he supportsa permanent solution to illegal immigration,but has not offered a detailed description of what that would be or how it would work.

During the Republican primaries, Romney referred to “self-deportation” by undocumented immigrants, explaining that if such immigrants would be denied work, driver’s licenses,and any public benefits owing to strict enforcement of current laws, many undocumented immigrants wouldleave the country on their own.

Romney also proposes aplan to issue a card identifying legal workers, which employers would submit to a national verification system at the time of hiring. After a transition period, Romney said last Monday, illegal immigrants who have no cards would not find work and would leave.

“The answer is self-deportation, which is people decide they can do better by going home because they can’t find work here because they don’t have legal documentation to allow them to work here,” Romney said.

Romney is in favor of allowing highly skilled, educated workers to stay in the country to work for American firms. According to Romney’s campaign Web site, he will ask Congress to raise caps on visas for highly skilled immigrants. He also said that every foreign student whoobtains an advanced degree in math, science,or engineering at a U.S. university should be granted permanent residency.

Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity has not been a topic discussed by either candidate during the campaign, andneither candidate has a section on cybersecurity on their respective Web sites. Cybersecurity was not a significant issue during the debates. Both candidates say they know something must be done to protect the nation from the threat of a massive cyberattacks, but it is possible to discern differences between them with regard to how they would approach the issue.

Obama
Obama tried to address the issue of cybersecurity when he attempted to get the Cybersecurity Act through the Senate. The act stalled in the Senate, as many Republicans felt the act would imposefederal regulations on privately owned infrastructure firms. Obama has been considering issuing an executive order which would implement many of the act’s clauses, but it appears the administration is waiting for one last effort to pass the legislation in Congress before resorting to an executive order.

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