Morning NewsTaco
Tuesday April 24, 2012
Democrats have work to do to encourage voter turnout (Austin American-Statesman): “Everyone talks about the ‘sleeping giant of the Latino community,’ but the sleeping giant will not wake up on its own. The Republicans know this. This is why they actively try to keep it sleeping,” said Espinoza who accused Republicans of pushing voter ID and packing non-voting Hispanics into congressional districts to dilute their influence. He says Republicans are convincing Hispanics that their votes don’t matter.
Could Immigration Law Turn Arizona Blue? (National Journal): “The consequences of elections is something being drilled down in the Latino household … and Latino voters are really engaged and talking about politics.” The Obama campaign has sent out initial feelers. During a fundraiser in Phoenix last week, Vice President Joe Biden said, “We think we have a real shot at winning the presidential race here.”
Why The Latino Vote Isn’t Really Up For Grabs (Talking Points Memo): Is the Latino vote really up for grabs, in a way that could swing the election? The polling data suggests that’s a stretch. Polling shows that 2012 is shaping up to look a lot like 2008 among Latino voters: Two thirds nationally say they will vote for President Obama, a quarter say they’re in the GOP camp, with the little remaining undecided.
Valedictorian Facing Deportation Cool to Rubio’s DREAM Act Redo (ABC News): As he starts to preview what his alternative to the DREAM Act will look like, Sen. Marco Rubio often mentions the story of Daniela Pelaez, an 18-year-old valedictorian and aspiring molecular biologist who faces deportation because she is undocumented, as an example for why such a plan needs to be developed. But Pelaez, whose attendance at Dartmouth hinges on her ability to stay in the country, doesn’t believe the sketch of Rubio’s plan goes far enough.
Cheney to Romney: Don’t just pick a Hispanic VP (NewsOK): Former Vice President Dick Cheney warned Mitt Romney not allow election politics to drive him to pick a Hispanic, or a running mate unless he believes that person is qualified to serve as president.
George Zimmerman Released on $150,000 Bail (Fox News Latino): Florida authorities released George Zimmerman Sunday evening on $150,000 bail, as he awaits his second-degree murder trial for the shooting of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin.
Alabama immigration bill to have language removed on questioning passengers, GOP says (al.com): Top Alabama Republicans said they plan to remove controversial language from an immigration bill that says police officers, under certain circumstances, can question and possibly detain car passengers they suspect of being illegal immigrants.
What Colleges Can Learn from Big Corporations about Latino Recruitment (Fox News Latino): Higher education should borrow a few pages from the books of those corporations that excel at D&I. Not surprisingly, successful strategies for recruiting and retaining Hispanics in corporations also work when it comes to college students.
Diversity Must Become a Profit Center for Enterprise to Flourish (Forbes): As the United States reinvents itself, all across America – corporations and communities alike are experiencing a rapid-paced transition of the new immigrant American economy. As the faces of America quickly become much more diverse, the US is lacking the required infrastructure and resources to support and manage this demographic shift that is now being represented in the workplace, in colleges & universities, throughout the media and every other place you can think of. What are corporations to do in order to fully embrace this shift?
The ‘Hispanic paradox’: Latinos and lung cancer (Los Angeles Times): The Latino patients were more likely to have less deadly forms of lung cancer than non-Latino whites or blacks — and less likely to have the most aggressive types of the disease.
