FOXNews.com: Romney accuses Obama of pandering to Latino community

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Romney accuses Obama of pandering to Latino community Jun 21st 2012, 16:13 Mitt Romney accused President Obama on Thursday of pandering to the Latino community with his administration's latest immigration policy change, planning to tell a gathering of Latino officials in Florida that Obama "failed to act until facing a tough re-election and trying to secure your vote."  The Republican presidential candidate, in prepared remarks, said Obama "failed" to deal with immigration reform until now. He was referring to the Department of Homeland Security's announcement Friday that it would allow thousands of illegal immigrants who came here as children to stay and apply for work permits.  Romney said Obama offered "a temporary measure that he seems to think will be just enough to get him through the election."  "After three and a half years of putting every issue from loan guarantees for his donors to Cash For Clunkers before immigration, now the president has been seized by an overwhelming need to do what he could have done on Day One. I think you deserve better," Romney said in prepared remarks.  Romney was planning to speak to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.  Romney also addressed what has been a nagging question to his campaign since Friday's announcement -- whether he would keep Obama's policy if elected president.  "The answer," Romney said, "is that I will put in place my own long-term solution that will replace and supersede the president's temporary measure."  The DHS announcement put Romney in a tough spot since one of his top backers, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., was drafting immigration legislation of his own that sought to deal with the same class of illegal immigrants.  Obama is expected to address the same conference Friday.

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