Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Latino Voters Are Concerned About the Situation of the Undocumented

[Immigration opponents frequently say they are actually supporting the rights of the documented immigrants, the ones who have "waited their turn in line" to get papers and must feel cheated somehow by immigrants who live here without papers. A recent poll shows that in fact US Latino voters--many of them immigrants who have gone through the process of obtaining citizenship--overwhelmingly support some form of legalization for the undocumented and oppose harsh enforcement measures.--Blog editor.]

Inmigración es tema crucial para los votantes de Estados Unidos

By Pilar Marrero, La Opinión (Los Angeles) via Univision
June 6, 2011

Preocupa a los electores hispanos la situación de los 11 millones de indocumentados

La apremiante situación de los indocumentados que viven en Estados Unidos no es ajena a las vidas de los votantes latinos, ya que una mayoría (53%) declara conocer a alguien que no tiene papeles y una cuarta parte (25%) afirma conocer a un individuo o familia que se está enfrentando a un proceso de deportación o que ha sido deportada. [...]

Read the full article:
http://noticias.univision.com/inmigracion/noticias/article/2011-06-09/inmigracion-es-tema-crucial-para

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