President Obama touted his record on immigration reform on Friday in a key appearance before the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials. Obama’s speech came one day after rival Mitt Romney addressed the same crowd and one week after Obama had offered a limited respite for young immigrants facing deportation.

President Obama: “And what’s also needed is immigration reform that finally lives up to our heritage as a nation of laws and as a nation of immigrants, and continues the American story of renewal and energy and dynamism that’s made us who we are. There will always be plenty of stubborn opposition in the way that says, 'No, you can't. No, you shouldn’t.’ But America was built by people who said something different, who said, 'Yes, we can,' who said, 'Sí, se puede.'”