Deval Patrick has repeatedly said that the illegal immigrants come here for the jobs, not the millions of dollars of services they also take advantage. Since he doesn't recognize the illegal status of illegal immigrants, he is all about making sure they get the jobs they are risking life and limb to come here for and steal from citizens. But even Deval has wobbled a bit on his position of making sure there are jobs available for the illegal immigrants.

A question from the MIRA Coalition to Patrick asked how he would represent the needs and opportunities of non-citizen taxpayers, regardless of their immigration status, to which he replied, “my focus as governor will be on helping all people get and keep good jobs, be assured quality public education, and gain access to affordable, safe, high quality health care.” In this statement, he admits he wants to give illegal immigrants the jobs he says they are exclusively coming here for, plus the services he doesn't think they go border jumping for.

This represents a flip flop on the issue based on his position outlined on Boston Globe survey of the three Democratic candidates for governor, where in response to the question about allowing Massachusetts State Police to arrest "undocumented immigrants" for being here illegally, Patrick's answer showed support for McCain-Kennedy bill and enforce our own state immigration laws.