GOP’s Anti-Immigrant Tone In today’s Latino News Headlines

Republican Immigration Tone Remains Elephant in the Room: Immigration – it’s the elephant in the room. As the Republican hopefuls push their campaigns south and west for the winter – efforts are made to drown out what critics call an increasingly anti-Hispanic tone.

Texas Senate race exposes Republican tensions: The fierce battle between the conservative Tea Party movement and establishment Republicans for control of the party is on full display in the race for a Senate seat in Texas this year and the outcome could have national consequences.

Romney’s Straddle Aims to Hold Base as He Courts Hispanics: In Florida, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is airing campaign commercials in Spanish telling Hispanics he’s “one of us.” In South Carolina, he is touting the endorsement of Kris Kobach, an anti- immigration activist who helped spearhead state laws that have sparked anger among Latinos.