Mitt Romney

This morning, Mitt Romney's campaign policy director Lanhee Chen, his deputy communications director for media affairs Kristy Campbell held a conference call with the press to "discuss the latest in a series of devastating economic news and President Obama’s record of failing to put America back on a path to prosperity."

However, all three of the questions from reporters on the call were about what Mr. Romney's position is on President Barack Obama's newly announced immigration policy. Despite the clear connections between immigration policy and the job market, the Romney campaign staffers repeatedly dismissed the questions as "off topic" before ending the call entirely.

On Friday, President Barack Obama issued an executive order that will halt deportations for many young undocumented immigrants and increase the number of work permits issued to them. In an appearance on CBS' Face The Nation Sunday. Mr. Romney avoided directly answering whether he'd repeal the order instead saying he's focused on an unspecified "long-term solution."

All three of the reporters who were allowed to ask questions on today's economic policy call tried to figure out what that solution would be. A reporter from Sirius XM was the third and final member of the press corps who attempted to get Mr. Chen to address whether Mr. Romney thinks the executive order on immigration is good economic policy.

"President Obamas' executive order that allowed some 800,000 illegal immigrants to remain in the country, in your view Lanhee, will that help or would that hurt the U.S. economy?" the reporter asked.

Mr. Chen declined to answer, but he promised Mr. Romney would outline his position on immigration policy in his speech tomorrow at the conference of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.

"Governor Romney is going to address immigration tomorrow when he addresses NALEO and it's an important issue and I hope you'll stay tuned to the governor's remarks," said Mr. Chen.

With that, though The Politicker was queued up to ask a question, Ms. Campbell concluded the call by claiming that it appeared there were no more questions.

"It sounds like we don't have anymore questions on today's topic, we appreciate everyone having the opportunity to dial in today," she said.

Joe Biden (Photo: Getty)

Earlier today, Vice President Joe Biden spoke before the annual convention of the Rabbinical Assembly in Atlanta, Georgia where he gave his thoughts on the potentially nuclear situation in Iran.

"When we took office, let me remind you, there was virtually no international pressure on Iran. We were the problem," Mr. Biden said. "We were diplomatically isolated in the world, in the region, in Europe."

Lanhee Chen, policy director for the Romney campaign, quickly pounced on Mr. Biden's remark with a statement calling it "reckless" and "a new low" for the Obama administration.

"All too often, President Obama and his administration have sought to blame America first, yet Vice President Biden’s reckless statement today blaming America for--of all things--the progress of Iran’s nuclear weapons program, has reached a new low," Mr. Chen said.

Mr. Chen went on to explain what he thinks the real issues are in Iran and why he thinks President Obama's approach to the Iranian regime is "naïve."

"The problem is not America. It is the ayatollahs who oppress their people, threaten their neighbors, and are pursuing nuclear weapons," Mr. Chen said. "President Obama’s naïve approach to Iran has given the regime valuable time to get closer than ever before to a nuclear weapons capability. Vice President Biden’s comments are wrong and completely inappropriate."

Mr. Chen ended his statement by promising Mr. Romney will take a tougher tack with respect to Iran.

"Mitt Romney will stand up for America and our allies, and he will not apologize for America’s leadership role in the world," he said.