Donald Trump’s remarks spur Latino ‘naturalization blitz’ before election

*What’s that saying in Spanish? “No hay mal que por bien no venga.” Trump’s rantings today are producing the Latino voters of tomorrow. VL

By Daniel Hernandez, The Guardian

Donald Trump’s scathing rhetoric about Latin American immigrants is galvanizing a movement in the community to pursue American citizenship and register in key battleground states.

In what campaigners are calling a “naturalization blitz”, workshops are being hosted across the country to facilitate Hispanic immigrants who are legal, permanent residents and will only qualify to vote in the 2016 presidential election if they upgrade their immigration status.

Citizenship clinics will take place in Nevada, Colorado, Texas and California later this month, with other states expected to host classes in February and early March in order to make the citizenship deadline required to vote in November.

The Republican frontrunner’s hostile remarks about Latino immigrants is driving people to the workshops.

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