Decision 2012: Romney Faces Pressure to Appeal to Latinos

GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney promised to address the sensitive topic of immigration as he tried to gain some ground with Hispanic voters. But he offered few specifics how he would handle the more than 11 million undocumented immigrations living in the United States, again sidestepping whether he would overturn the President Barack Obama's executive action stopping the deportation of some undocumented immigrants who came to the country as children. The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows Hispanics favor the president by 34 points.

Class discussion: Check news reports about immigration and the role Hispanic voters are expected to play in this year's elections. Who was covered by Obama's executive order on immigration? What does his order do? What was the Dream Act and what happened to it? Was the president's order timed to gain support among Latinos? What has Romney said about Obama's executive order? What has he said about immigration? Is Romney changing his message from the primaries? How fast are Hispanics gaining political clout? In which states will they have the greatest impact?