Paper Jam May Curb Latino Vote

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Source: Wall Street Journal

Citizenship Drive Drew
More Applications
Than U.S. Can Process
By MIRIAM JORDAN
January 18, 2008; Page A4

LOS ANGELES -- Hundreds of thousands of Hispanics who responded to a massive campaign to seek citizenship and vote in 2008 have created a backlog of applications that the government has indicated it can't process before the election, undercutting the voting power of Latinos.

Univision, the largest Spanish-language network in the U.S., launched the campaign last year along with Spanish-language newspapers and Latino grass-roots groups. With the slogan, "Ya Es Hora! Ciudadania!" (It's About Time! Citizenship!), the campaign was integrated into local newscasts and aired in public-service announcements throughout the day in cities across the country.

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Latino groups and unions involved in the citizenship drive say they first notified the government of their plans to encourage increased Hispanic citizenship in November 2006. More recently, the advocacy groups have urged the government to expedite processing to ensure that all qualified applicants who filed last year are sworn in as U.S. citizens by July 4.





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DHS gets how much money, and they can't get this done? What a surprise. Once again, vote suppression at work.