USA Today: "DREAM Act's failure could drive Latino voters"

[Xicano]

The Senate's failure to take up the DREAM Act has sparked another round of debate about the Hispanic vote and the political impact of saying "no" on immigration bills.

Matt Barreto, a University of Washington political scientist, writes that Republican senators who voted against the DREAM Act could face challenges at the ballot box in 2012.

The DREAM Act would have given children of illegal immigrants a chance at residency if they completed some college or military service. The Senate on Saturday was unable to come up with the 60 votes needed on the bill to move ahead with debate and voted 55-41 on a procedural move.

In Barreto's analysis, 12 GOP senators up for re-election in 2012 voted "no" on limiting debate and moving forward on the DREAM Act. They include Sens. Jon Kyl of Arizona, Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas and John Ensign of Nevada, whose state populations are each 25% or more Latino.





http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2010/12/dream-act-impact-hispanic-vote-/1

[Kber]

1. Jon Kyl?

Be still my heart. Hope he goes down in flames.

[TlalocW]

2. Keep it up conservatives

Keep pushing those Hispanic voters over to the democrats. We're able to adjust to the fact that American demographics are changing, and know that a party made up of rich, white old guys can't survive forever.

TlalocW

[Atypical Liberal]

3. Yup.

It astounds me the ignorance of the Republican party.

They can see what they did to the African-American voter. They can see where demographics are going. Why would they be working to alienate the fastest growing minority group?

They're idiots.