Mitt Romney accused President Obama on Thursday of pandering to the Latino community with his administration's latest immigration policy change, telling 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 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 to his donors to Cash For Clunkers , putting all those things before immigration, now the president has been seized by an overwhelming need to do what he could have done on Day One, but didn't. I think you deserve better," Romney said.