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Posted 02/08/10 at 10:54am

‘Qué pasa’ in Immigration: Latino Vote, Conventional Wisdom Watch, and An Unfulfilled Promise

Today, the Hispabic press highlights on the America’s Voice report “The Power of the Latino Vote” received a front-page story in La Opinión (Los Angeles). The report analyzes 40 electoral races in 12 states: 29 House seats, 8 Senate seats and 3 governorships. All of these are closely contested elections where the Latino vote could make the difference for the candidates.

Today’s La Opinión also includes an op-ed from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, challenging the conventional wisdom that comprehensive immigration reform is impossible in 2010.

Various publications continue to refer to the Administration’s unfulfilled promise to put immigration reform into play. Sample headlines:

El Universal (Mexico): “Immigrants Fed Up with False Promises” ("Inmigrantes, hartos de falsas promesas").

El Sentinel (South Florida): “The issues Obama ignores” ("Los temas que el presidente Obama ignora")

La Opinión (Los Angeles; op-ed column): “Thin gruel on immigration” ("Atole migratorio")

An article in El Diario Hoy, “Immigration reform in danger” ("Peligra la reforma migratoria"), covers Rep. Luis Gutierrez’ (D-IL) visit to Los Angeles last week; the

El Informador interviews former Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs Jorge Castañeda under the headline “Kennedy’s death put the breaks on reform” ("La muerte de Ted Kennedy frenó las reformas").

La Agencia Reforma notes a decline in remittances sent from the United States to Mexico.

America's Voice has started a new series to bring Spanish-language coverage of immigration and politics to a wider audience. Look for daily roundups (in English), of some of the best Spanish-language news.

Don't forget to check out the latest Spanish-language reporting and analysis on immigration over at MaribelHastings.com.

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