{"id":7428,"date":"2012-08-18T01:11:30","date_gmt":"2012-08-18T01:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/?p=7428"},"modified":"2012-08-18T01:17:57","modified_gmt":"2012-08-18T01:17:57","slug":"alienating-voters-one-demographic-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/?p=7428","title":{"rendered":"Alienating Voters, One Demographic At A Time."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Alienating%20Voters%2C%20One%20Demographic%20At%20A%20Time.\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>Yes, I&#8217;m not thrilled with the way the Obama administration has gone behind Congresses back and implemented part of the &#8220;Dream Act&#8221; via executive order. But Arizona Gov Jan Brewer&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/48682898\/ns\/local_news-phoenix_az\/t\/jan-brewer-orders-denial-benefits-illegal-immigrants-obama-allowing-stay\/#.UC7sXMKPW-4\">response to it<\/a>, denying drivers licenses to those young adults to be covered under the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/portal\/site\/uscis\/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a\/?vgnextoid=f2ef2f19470f7310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&amp;vgnextchannel=f2ef2f19470f7310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD\">Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Process<\/a> is mind numbingly dumb. I was going to write &#8220;<em>It might be politically sound at the present moment<\/em>&#8220;, but, unlike gays, who are mostly not going to vote for Republicans ever, the GOP has a chance to court and win a good portion of the Latino vote. Silly defensive actions such as the type Brewer is pulling will not bring any Latinos who are on the fence to the GOP side, and will only alienate a generation of both Latino and non-Latino voters for generations to come.<\/p>\n<p>Then there is this.<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn Cruz, an Arizona State University clinical law professor and director of the Immigration Law &amp; Policy Clinic <a href=\"http:\/\/usnews.nbcnews.com\/illegal-immigration\">notes<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;that the REAL ID Act of 2005, a federal law that modified requirements for state driver\u2019s licenses and ID cards, specifically listed immigrants who have been granted \u201cdeferred action\u201d as among groups of people eligible for a license.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Alienating%20Voters%2C%20One%20Demographic%20At%20A%20Time.\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>Yes, I&#8217;m not thrilled with the way the Obama administration has gone behind Congresses back and implemented part of the &#8220;Dream Act&#8221; via executive order. But Arizona Gov Jan Brewer&#8217;s response to it, denying drivers licenses to those young adults to be covered under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Process is mind numbingly dumb. 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