As Congress works toward the final stages of an immigration reform plan, a new issue brief from the Center for American Progress explores how immigration and the growing Latino population could impact the future political landscape in key states.
Immigration issues among Latino voters were crucial in swinging the 2012 presidential election.
And
the rapid growth and voting power of the Latino population also ensured
key swing states such as Florida, Colorado and Nevada voted for the current Democratic president, according to the brief.
Key states such as
Arizona and North Carolina are also reaching demographic tipping points that could shift the states reliably blue, said Philip Wolgin,
senior policy analyst for immigration at the Center for American
Progress.
“These are states that are becoming swing states in a
way that I think nobody really envisioned would have happened in the
past,” he said.
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Chicago-based community groups, parents and advocates for the
state's most vulnerable children called on Illinois lawmakers to restore
$25 million in funding for early childhood education at a gathering in Pilsen Tuesday morning.
The following was written by Jorge Ramirez, president of the Chicago Federation of Labor.
Rogers Park residents gathered for the final installation of the 
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