Maybe Bailing on Immigration Reform Actually Worked Out Well for Republicans

*A different view on the growing story of Latino political disillusion. This one takes up where a New York Times piece leaves off, and views the problem as a GOP win. Ignoring immigration was a Republican gamble that may be paying off.

By Allie Jones, The Wire

In June 2013, a bipartisan group of senators (including presidential hopeful Marco Rubio) passed a comprehensive immigration reform bill that President Obama promised to sign. Since then, Republicans have worked hard to distance themselves from that bill — Rubio stopped talking about it altogether, and Speaker of the House John Boehner says he won’t bring it to the House floor. Now many Latinos are so disillusioned that they don’t want to vote at all, making Boehner and the gang’s gamble all too worth it.

Since President Obama and the Democrats haven’t been able to overcome House Republican opposition to immigration reform, many Latinos are planning not to vote at all in the coming midterm elections …

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[Photo by Justin Valas/Flickr]

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