A Look at Issues on Which Obama and Romney Have Their Sharpest Differences

ASSOCIATED PRESS

August 24, 2012

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Here are some of the starkest choices between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney.

IMMIGRATION:

Obama issued a directive in June that immigrants brought illegally to the United States as children be exempted from deportation and granted work permits if they apply. Romney favors a U.S.-Mexico fence, opposes education benefits to illegal immigrants and suggests those here illegally should deport themselves by leaving the country voluntarily. He criticized Obama’s decision on illegal immigrants who came as children but hasn’t said whether he would rescind the policy if elected.