The Wall Street Journal reports that conservative Latinos are rethinking their allegiance to the GOP in the wake of a controversial new Arizona immigration law that's widely perceived as discriminatory. "I've been thinking I might leave the party," one source, a third-generation Mexican-American named Adam Bustos, told the WSJ. "A lot of my Latino Republican friends have been talking about it after this law." Could growing anti-GOP sentiment among Hispanics significantly affect this fall's midterm elections? (Watch Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) discuss Hispanics' vote and immigration.)
The GOP will take a hit in November: The Latino vote in the U.S. is a sleeping giant, says Froma Harrop in Real Clear Politics, but this may be the alarm that wakes up the giant, and sends far more Latinos to the polls. Although many Hispanics are socially conservative on immigration, abortion, and gay rights, "this law is being perceived as singling out their kind." Democrats will reap the benefit.
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