Democrats woo Hispanics with immigration reform
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida  - Democratic presidential candidates wooed Hispanic voters on Saturday with pledges to keep working for immigration laws that would allow more of those already in the United States to become citizens and voters.
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The US Hispanic community, galvanized by a drive to reform US immigration law and wooed by presidential candidates, has become a political player ahead of the 2008 vote.
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Immigration protests that drew hundreds of thousands of flag-waving demonstrators to the nation's streets last spring promised a potent political legacy &#151; a surge of new Hispanic voters.
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Republican and Democratic senators working to save President Bush's stalled immigration bill are focusing on toughening border security and workplace enforcement to attract more bipartisan support.
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The major political parties are hoping bilingual phone banks, booths at Latin street festivals and television ads on Spanish-language networks will boost voter turnout among the nation's largest minority group.
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With stepped up campaigning, Obama seeks to make inroads into Clinton's Hispanic support.
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State presages rise of identity politics: Hispanics sided with her, blacks went for Obama.
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Their opposition, to the point of alienating Hispanics, offers a preview of the likely fight over judicial nominations.
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Democratic White House candidates embraced Hispanic concerns in the first ever Spanish-language presidential debate, unanimously promising to bring troops home from Iraq and to begin working on immigration in their first year in office
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After opening contests in largely white, rural states, the US election race shifts to Nevada on Saturday with Democratic presidential candidates hoping to woo potentially crucial Latino voters for the first time in the campaign.
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Democrats sought assurances Wednesday that President Bush will deliver Republican votes for putting illegal immigrants on a path to citizenship and creating a guest worker program.
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The White House and senators from both parties mapped out possible changes to the stalled immigration bill.
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U.S. Senate Republicans on Tuesday accused Democrats of trying to rush a vote on immigration reform, casting doubt on the fate of the White House-backed bill that would tighten border security and legalize millions of illegal immigrants.
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Blasting House Republicans' proposals to control immigration as a "monument to demagoguery," New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson urged the new Democratic Congress to pass a bill securing the border and enabling some illegal immigrants to gain citizenship.
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Making it easier to deport immigrants seeking political asylum will get a vote in the House this week, a few days after a federal commission said that many of them already are being treated like criminals.
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Bidding for Hispanic support in California's upcoming primary, Barack Obama describes himself in a Spanish-language television ad as the son of an immigrant whose success is a beacon to others.
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Latino elected officials from both parties are joining efforts to lobby Congress in support of immigration law reform.