Are Hispanics paying ANY ATTENTION AT ALL?

   Obama followed Romney into Florida,  and spoke at a Hispanic state convention.  Financial Times included this report:  

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The US president said he was convinced that his decision to “lift the threat of deportation” from young people raised in the US but still without legal status was the right thing to do. Mr Romney has declined to back the decision.

“In the face of a Congress that refuses to do anything on immigration ... I will take action where I can,” he said.  ( June 22, 2012 11:16 pm by Richard McGregor )

That last statement, highlighted in red,  is one given to deceive.  The fact of the matter -  as any Hispanic should know  - is this:  Obama had two years to pass "comprehensive immigration reform"  -  and chose to do nothing. Understand that in 2009 and 2010,  he had super majorities in both houses.  During the first two years,  he refused to meet with Senate minority leader,  Mitch McConnell,  a single time.  With ObamaCare, not a single Republican proposal made it to the floor of the House - not one.  The Republicans could have gone home or off to Illinois like the whiners in Wisconsin did . . . . . congress would have proceeded on,  not even needing a GOP presence for a quorum.

While on the campaign trail in 2008,  Obama made this promise to the Hispanic community:  "I cannot guarantee that it is going to be in the first 100 days. But what I can guarantee is that we will have in the first year an immigration bill that I strongly support and that I'm promoting. And I want to move that forward as quickly as possible."  (Linked to PolitiFact and listed as a "broken promise")


I am wondering,  is this what this clown will say in the coming debates?  I certainly hope so.  
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There are Latinos who understand that it is Obama who has done nothing to keep his promise of immigration reform,  a promise he "guaranteed" to make happen "in his first year."  Here is a review of Obama's failure as covered in Venceremos ['we will overcome'],  a Hispanic campus paper at the University of Utah.

Obama’s broken promises: will he win the Latino vote in 2012?

By Adriana Garcia Carrillo  / http://web.utah.edu/venceremos/Article11.html

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 During Barrack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, he made promises to the Latino community regarding immigration reform and the DREAM Act, which boosted Obama’s ratings with the Latino community. Latino voters supported Obama in record numbers—67 percent of the Latino vote, 75 percent of the young Latino vote. Many families hoped that as president, Obama would be able to change their lives. Three years later, no comprehensive immigration reform has been passed, despite Obama’s guarantee “that there would be a bill within the first year” of his position in office. Instead of immigration reform, states propose bills that defy federal policy by using local and state enforcement to enforce immigration laws. In addition, under the Obama administration deportations that rip families apart have increased—replacing that hope with fear and uncertainty for the future. 
Comprehensive immigration reform did not remain a priority for Obama in the 2008, 2009, or 2010 legislative sessions. Rather, attention was focused on shoring up the nation’s stuttering economy. A lack of leadership on this issue when the Democrats had control of the Congress during Obama’s first two years have minimized any chances of having compassionate immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship for long-time residents. 
Instead, states have proposed or passed laws that indicate a rise of racism and nativism [sic] towards the Latino community. Arizona’s harsh SB1070 exemplifies the most negative of these measures. Utah passed a similar bill this spring. The Obama administration is using the judicial system to prevent Arizona’s law from being enacted, but the overwhelming support from the public for these measures have dampened Obama’s commitment to comprehensive immigration reform.
The closest we have come to seeing any type of immigration reform were the efforts to pass the DREAM act, which would allow undocumented students who came to the United States as children and enroll in either college or the military to become citizens. However, attempts in 2009 and 2010 to pass the DREAM Act failed, putting into question Obama’s commitment to make this opportunity a reality for the Latina/o community.
Under the Obama administration, a record 800,000 people have been deported, many whom have not committed a crime. Raids at places of employment have increased, standing in stark contrast to Obama’s promises that families would remain intact.  
Now that Republicans hold the majority in Congress, comprehensive immigration reform seems a futile hope. Rather than finding ways to integrate the burgeoning Latina/o community and it’s best and brightest youth into the larger society, the nation wrongly scapegoats this group for its growing debt and slowing economy. Sky Thai, a student at the University of Utah, expressed how “disappointing and frustrating it is that Obama hasn’t kept his promise.” The 50 million Latinas/os needs more than broken promises to help Obama earn a 2012 victory.