Republicans to Lose 2012 Latino Vote, Democratic Mayor Says
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Anti-immigrant positions of the Republicans seeking the presidential nomination will cost the party Latino voters in November, said Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, chairman of the Democratic National Convention.
“They’re going to lose the Latino electorate and they’re going to lose it for some time,” Villaraigosa said today at a Politico Playbook forum in Washington. “This is the first time in modern history that I can recall where a major candidate for either party does not support comprehensive immigration reform.”