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This is what our federal government has allowed to happen.
Have nothing against Latinos but we all know this is largely because of anchors.
And with their high drop-out rate in high schools this is very disturbing.
The powers that be want this to continue?
We're sinking out here with a state deficit.
The future of this state is not looking good.
Coming to your state soon.....
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Latinos gain voting strength in California
By Tony Castro, Staff Writer
Article Last Updated: 04/28/2008 12:03:33 PM PDT


Increasing youth numbers among immigrants and their children has pushed Latino voting strength in California to record levels with its presence expected to be significantly felt in local legislative and congressional races in coming elections, according to an analysis of potential new voters.
By the 2012 election, immigrants and their voting-age children could potentially represent 29 percent of California voters, the study released Monday concluded.

Those numbers could potentially drive the Latino share of the state's voter to well more than 50 percent of all voters.

The growth of young Latino voters could have a major impact in the San Fernando Valley with its increasingly large immigrant population but where none of the \congressional representatives in the Valley's four districts is Latino.

The number of 12 to 17 year-olds in 2006 expected to turn 18 by 2012 include some 41,813 persons in the North Valley and some 24,262 in the South Valley - designations of the Valley that were made by the study's authors.

In Los Angeles County, some 457,722 12 to 17 year-olds in 2006 are expected to turn 18 by the 2012.

The analysis is part of a new report released by the nonprofit Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, a network of foundations working on a wide range of immigration issues, especially focusing on the assimilation of immigrants into American society.

Among the study's findings are that half of the new eligible voters in the state are children of immigrants and more than two of three foreign-born California residents are citizens or eligible to naturalize and vote.

Of the 1.5 million children of immigrants ages 12-17, almost 84 percent - 1.2 million - are U.S. citizens, either through birth or naturalization, the study reported. Most of them are Latino. Other major findings:

-- Immigrants and their children are a potentially large portion of voters

in both Democratic and Republican districts where they represent more than 250,000

voters in seven California counties and more than 100,000 in 15 counties.

-- As more immigrants and their children become voters, they will likely

develop a greater stake in community and become more active citizens.

With more than 325,000 new arrivals each year, California currently is the country's leading destination for immigrants -- home to some 9.9 million foreign-born persons who represent 27.2 per cent of the state's population

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