Mitt Romney said today President Obama’s announcement that his administration would halt the deportation of up to 800,000 illegal immigrants “makes it more difficult to reach that long-term solution” on the immigration issue.
“I believe the status of young people who come here through no fault of their own is an important matter to be considered and should be solved on a long-term basis, so they know what their future would be in this country,” the presumptive Republican nominee said outside his campaign bus in New Hampshire.
Romney said he would “like to see legislation” on the issue.
Romney’s comments, made hours after the Obama announced the government will no longer deport certain young illegal immigrants, largely echoed that of Sen. Marco Rubio, a potential vice presidential contender, who has discussed an alternative version of a DREAM Act, which would not grant legal status to those students but would allow them to stay in the country.
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