Immigration Law

WILL LATINOS BREAK BIG FOR OBAMA?

By Greg Siskind

The Dallas Morning News reports on the Hispanic vote in this year's election. Republicans are hoping Latinos will remember McCain's past support for immigration reform (before he flipped his position and opposed his own bill). But here's why McCain should be worried:

Many of the children of immigrants have watched their parents struggle to improve the economic health of their families and believe the anti-immigrant movement has demonized their families unfairly.

That's the main reason state Rep. Rafael Anchía of Dallas says Latinos will end up voting for Democratic candidates.

"Latinos under 30 are going to break big for Sen. [Barack] Obama this year, and naturalized citizens are going to respond to Obama's personal story as the son of immigrants," Mr. Anchía said.

"Most Latinos know how John McCain abandoned us when it came to voting on his own comprehensive immigration bill. I do believe the country, in general, is ready to move in a new direction."

Full post as published by Greg Siskind's Blog on September 13, 2008 (boomark / email).