Morning NewsTaco
Monday July 2, 2012
Presidential campaigns missing the mark in advertising to Latinos (Los Angeles Times): In a race defined by massive spending on television ads, fast-response Internet videos and sophisticated social media efforts, both President Obama and challenger Mitt Romneyhave fallen short thus far when it comes to targeting Latino voters electronically, according to some Spanish-language media experts.
Florida’s other Hispanic vote (Politico): Around this time last year, President Obama traveled to Puerto Rico in the first “official” visit by an American president in five decades. The political calculus of that trip did not go unnoticed last June — it seemed an obvious nod to the rising importance of the Puerto Rican vote, particularly in Florida.
Political Insiders Poll (National Poll): Will the recent developments involving immigration prompt higher Latino turnout in 2012 than in 2008?
Latino Voter Diversity Challenges Political Parties ahead of 2012 Elections (Fox News Latino): In New Mexico, Tomasita Maestas says she will pick the presidential candidate who has the best plan to fix education and the economy. In Arizona, Mexican immigrant Carlos Gomez backs Republican Mitt Romney because he’s more conservative on social issues than his Democratic opponent.
Another Thing Immigrants Do for the Economy: Invent Cool Things (Bloomberg): Each year the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awards about 200,000 patents to inventors. Last year a Stanford student built a camera that lets users change what’s in focus after snapping a shot; Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers invented a tiny, foldable car; and a patent was awarded for devising a metal that is as strong as steel but can be molded like plastic.
Hispanic view of immigration complex, still visceral (Austin American Statesman): I’m a third-generation American who can barely speak Spanish. Yet I can’t tell you how many times in my life that I have been asked, “Why don’t you go back to your own country?” For too many Hispanics, the Supreme Court case involving the Arizona law wasn’t a debate on constitutional law; it was a deliberation on whether Hispanics are welcome in the great American tapestry.
Hispanic First-Time Home Buyers To Dominate Market Within 8 Years (The Mortgage Reports): Hispanic -Americans harbor different beliefs about homeownership as compared to the American population at-large.
Qualified illegal immigrants seek rights to practice law (USA Today): Illegal immigrants brought to the USA as children, and who later graduated law schools in California, Florida and New York, are trying to gain entry to their state bars so they can work as attorneys.
