U.S. Sen. Scott Brown took aim at President Obama’s decision today to ease enforcement of immigration laws that will allow nearly a million young illegal immigrants to stay in the country and work, saying the new policy is unfair to the millions of immigrants “who are playing by the rules” and waiting to enter United States legally.

“I opposed this policy in legislative form, and I oppose it today as an executive order,” Brown said in a statement. “While I’d be open to allowing young people who have chosen military service to obtain citizenship in recognition of the extraordinary sacrifice involved, I’m afraid that the administration’s policy is too broad and would set off a new wave of illegal immigration, making the problem worse, not better.”