"To mobilize Hispanic voters, big labor and advocates of liberal efforts at overhauling immigration

[pampango]

laws, have announced a $300,000 ad campaign attacking Republican Senators for blocking passage of the so-called DREAM Act."

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130269189

"The ad will air on Spanish-language radio stations in Arizona, Florida, Nevada and other states with large Latino populations. The effort was conceived and funded by the Service Employees International Union, Mi Familia Vota and America's Voice, which say the $300,000 is the most ever spent on a Spanish-language radio campaign by groups such as theirs to make their case on immigration.

The DREAM Act became ready fodder when it died in the Senate on Sept. 22 after Democrats failed to get a single Republican to vote in support, including among from Republicans who had favored the measure in the past.

"For us, it really starts with the sense that fixing the economy requires fixing or reforming our broken immigration system," SEUI spokesman Teddy Davis says. "We need to stop exploiting our undocumented workers or it's going to drag down the floor on all workers. So it has an impact on everyone."

The DREAM Act would establish a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants younger than 36 who arrived in the United States as children, have lived here for five years or more, and are attending college or serving in the military. More than 800,000 of the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the nation could have been eligible."

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1. Those Rs that were for it before and now suddenly against it

prove the Republicans are all about getting power for themselves, not issues.

[TexasObserver]

2. recommend

[UTUSN]

3. K&R #4 At least this is a sign of fighting-back on SOMEthing!1 n/t

[xchrom]

4. Good. And hopefully this turns into a go to

Strategy for all election cycles.

[blondeatlast]

5. Sweet! k/r