Cantor Loss Hurts 2016 Republicans Seeking Hispanic Votes
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The defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, amid charges he supports amnesty for undocumented workers, will stall immigration legislation this year and send Republicans into the 2016 presidential season at odds with one of the nation’s fastest-growing political constituencies.
Torn between a party base opposed to easing citizenship for illegal immigrants and their broader electoral imperative to win Hispanic voters, prospective presidential candidates yesterday were forced to choose their words carefully.