For young Latinos, student loans could be hot-button issue in 2016 campaign
*This is huge, especially for Latino millennial voters (and the millennial’s who haven’t, but should, register to vote as well …). This needs to be included in political discussions at all levels. VL
By Andrew O’Reilly, Fox News Latino
Two of the fastest-growing electoral groups in the United States are Latinos and young people, so it isn’t surprising that they are being courted by presidential candidates from both political parties.
And with a larger and larger percentage of young Latinos going to college, you can expect to hear a lot this election cycle about the access to and repayment of student loans, which many educators and student activists say have terms and interest that are too harsh for people just starting out on their careers to deal with.
[pullquote][tweet_dis]… you can expect to hear a lot this election cycle about the access to and repayment of student loans.[/tweet_dis][/pullquote]So far the candidates are keeping their policy on student loans relatively close to the vest, but they may have to show their cards sooner rather than later.
“Young Hispanic voters will care about this issue,” Luis Maldonado, chief advocacy officer for the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), told Fox News Latino. “This issue’s going to be something that they pay a lot of attention to.”
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