'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
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Sen. Marco Rubio's office circulated a list this month of ways to toughen security in the immigration bill he helped negotiate, including potential amendments to cut down on chain migration, to require newly legal immigrants to show financial self-sufficiency and to build 700 miles of double-tier fencing along the border.
The Obama campaign's reliance on Hispanic voters in the upcoming election was on full display Wednesday as President Obama dangled the prospect of immigration reform next year, and a top aide predicted that the country's fast-growing number of minority voters will propel the president to a second term over rival Mitt Romney next month.
President Obama's speech Friday to one of the country's largest Hispanic organizations has changed from a potential trip through the gantlet into what amounts to a victory lap after he announced last week that he was unilaterally halting deportations of young illegal immigrants.
"It's a fascinating glimpse into how President Obama has taken the Hispanic community for granted for the past four years," said spokesman Alberto Martinez. "He's caught making secret promises to an editorial board in Iowa, which also happens to be a promise he made in 2008, a promise he failed to keep, and a promise he doesn't repeat publicly. The whole episode underscores why millions of Hispanics are deeply disappointed with President Obama. Hispanics view President Obama as a weak leader who makes promises he can't keep and has pursued policies that have failed all Americans."
Obama says Latino vote is key to victory, vows immigration reform in 2013 →
Alberto Martinez, a Romney spokesman, later told The Washington Times that Hispanic voters will make the voting decisions on economic issues.
