Romney appears vague on Obama's immigration order
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has criticized President Barack Obama's decision to allow some young illegal immigrants stay on in America but has declined to say whether he would reverse the policy if he is elected to the White House.
During the Republican primary debates, Romney said he would veto Obama's Dream Act, which would provide a path to citizenship for some illegal immigrants.
The order allows work permits and prevents deportation for as many as 1.4 million undocumented immigrants under the age of 30 who were brought to the US as children.
"With regards to these kids who were brought in by their parents through no fault of their own, there needs to be a long-term solution so they know what their status is," Romney said on "Face the Nation" on CBS.
In the interview telecast Sunday, Romney also declined to say if he would offer an alternative plan to Obama's "stopgap measure".
Romney accused Obama of playing politics over the matter in issuing the order and bypassing the Congress.
"If he felt seriously about this, he should have taken action when he had a Democratic House and Senate, but he didn't. He saves these sort of things until four and half months before the general election," Romney said.
He said campaign politics was "certainly a big part of the equation."
President Obama supported passage of the act but it was blocked by Republicans in the Senate. He is said to be in danger of losing the enthusiasm of Hispanics, a crucial voting bloc, over immigration policies that have focused on deportations.
Romney said the president had also failed to work in a bipartisan way on health care.
"I'm really not a guy that's going for the next step in my political career I am in this race because I want to get America back on the right track. I don't care about re-elections, I don't care about the partisanship that goes on. I want to get America right."
Source: United States News.Net
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