Romney calls immigration reform ‘moral imperative’

Mitt Romney called immigration reform a “moral imperative Thursday, laying out his vision for a broad increase in legal immigration for both business and family reunification and vowing to complete what he called “a high-tech fence along the border.

But Mr. Romney again refused to say whether he will allow President Obamas recent order halting deportations of young illegal immigrants to remain in place while he works on that longer-term solution.

In a major speech to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO), holding their annual conference...