Mitt Romney avoided taking a firm position yesterday on President Barack Obama’s order to halt the deportation of children of illegal immigrants, highlighting his campaign’s dilemma – to widen its appeal to Hispanic voters while not alienating the Republican party’s conservative base, which backs harsh immigration laws.
On CBS’s Face the Nation , Mr Romney attacked Mr Obama for “doing nothing on immigration” since taking office and then resorting to a politically motivated stopgap measure rather than pursuing a permanent fix.
But Mr Romney declined to say whether he would seek to overturn the measure allowing children of illegal immigrants to remain in the country and work legally on a temporary basis.
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