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2:20am February 19, 2013

Obama’s Immigration Reform Proposal, GOP Response & More

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n this week’s Latino political news roundup, we cover the President’s immigration reform proposal, which was leaked over the weekend and discuss the GOP response to the proposal. Meanwhile it seems that Latinos overwhelmingly prefer the Democratic Party and the GOP does not seem either enthusiastic about immigration reform, or about winning over Latino voters with policy.

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Adriana Maestas

Adriana Maestas is the senior contributing editor of Politic365.com. She has covered issues ranging from immigration and higher education to health care policy. Adriana holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of California, Irvine and a master’s degree in public policy from Claremont Graduate University. You can find her on twitter: @LatinoPolitics

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