Hispanic Democrats saved the day in California, Nevada, and Colorado

Editorial:

   No matter how you look at the elections on Tuesday, Latinos/Hispanics played a huge role. While the rest of the country was going red –Republican – the states of California, Nevada, and Colorado bucked the national trend and voted Democratic. Latino votes saved Harry Reid with a 9-1 Latino voter margin in a tough Senate race in Nevada. Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado defeated conservative Tom Tancredo in his bid for governor, with Hispanics accounting for 6 percent of the overall vote.

Secure Communities program doesn’t make domestic violence victims secure

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; When you make police into immigration agents, it destroys trust in immigrant communities and makes everyone less safe.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; The controversial Secure Communities program, which seeks to require all local police departments to share fingerprints with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, makes the lives of some domestic violence victims, in particular, anything but secure.</p>

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Post Election Tid Bits:

   National City has a First: First time a mother Rosie Alvarado, school board, and daughter Mona Rios, city council, are elected at the same time. Mona earned her election the hard way, through hard work.