Nevada Latino caucus enjoying its newfound strut

By Andrew Doughman, Las Vegas Sun

CARSON CITY – Sen. Mo Denis, who was the only Hispanic in the Legislature when he was elected in 2004, fought tears as Gov. Brian Sandoval signed into law a bill allowing immigrants here illegally to obtain a driver’s privilege card.

More than once as he addressed the assembled crowd, he had to stop to control his emotions.

“I wasn’t sure this would happen in my legislative career,” he said at the bill signing last month.

But Nevada has changed since Denis was first elected, and yesterday’s impossibility was today’s inevitability. The bill never took off in 2006, but this time, it was a foregone conclusion because Sandoval had said he’d support it even before the Legislature convened in February.

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