Immigration decision will 'energize' Hispanic voters

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By Rafael Bernal - 06/23/16 02:23 PM EDT

Democratic members of Congress on Thursday predicted that the Supreme Court’s refusal to allow President Obama’s executive actions on immigration will energize the Hispanic electorate, with potentially disastrous consequences for the GOP.

The Supreme Court Thursday blocked Obama’s expanded Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents in a 4-4 decision that Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chairwoman Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.) called a “blow to the Hispanic community.”

Legislators converged with protesters on the steps of the Supreme Court to pan the decision.

“November is our chance to respond,” Sánchez said ...

http://thehill.com/latino/284659-dems-scotus-immigration-decision-will-energize-latino-voters

[Vogon_Glory]

1. I hope it does in other states, but in Texas

I hope it motivates Hispanics to turn out to vote in other states, but I suspect that Texas Hispanics will remain as inert as they were in 2014 when right-wing Republican politicians were running against "illegal immigration" and "amnesty."

This is admittedly one aging Anglo's projection, but if I were a DREAMer and I knew that my so-called "friends" chose to sit on their hands during the 2014 elections instead of voting, I would have wondered why they would have betrayed me.