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Barack Obama of playing politics with immigration

US election: Mitt Romney accuses Barack Obama of playing politics with immigration

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US election: Mitt Romney accuses Barack Obama of playing politics with immigration Mitt Romney has accused Barack Obama of playing politics with America’s immigration system – but refused to say if he would scrap the president’s order to stop the deportation of young illegal migrants. The Republican presidential challenger claimed electoral considerations played a “big part” in Mr Obama’s announcement on Friday that young undocumented immigrants could obtain work permits. “The timing is pretty clear,” Mr Romney said in an interview with CBS. “If he really wanted to make a solution that dealt with these kids, or with illegal immigration in America, than this is something he would have taken up in his first three-and-a-half years, not in his last few months”. Mr Obama’s move is likely to bolster enthusiasm among Latino voters, whose ballots could be decisive in several key battleground states, such as Florida, Nevada and [...]