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Donald Trump helps rally Iowa's Latinos – mostly to caucus against him
The Los Angeles Times ^ | January 27, 2016 | Kate Linthicum

Posted on 01/27/2016 9:13:51 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Latino organizers sensed an opportunity when they heard Donald Trump was bringing his presidential campaign to Marshalltown, a small farm city that is home to an increasing number of Latino immigrants and their children.

So they organized protests at the high school gymnasium where Trump spoke Tuesday, with about 50 young Latinos marching silently outside as a smattering of Trump supporters hurled insults and laughed at them.

But the protest was only the beginning. Down the street, advocates held a drive to register voters and educate immigrants on the complexities of next week's Iowa caucuses, the kickoff for the presidential nominating process.

"We want to turn his negativity into a positive for our community," said Joe Enriquez Henry, whose group, the League of United Latin American Citizens, helped organize the event....

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: illegalaliens; immigration; iowa; trump
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To: skr

Mexico is where we get the lion’s share of our illegals from, unless Mexico waves some central Americans through who coughed up bribes.


21 posted on 01/27/2016 9:56:07 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: WTFOVR

I’ve heard he just converted to Lutheranism ;-)


22 posted on 01/27/2016 9:57:33 PM PST by opus1 (i'm new... hi)
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To: tumblindice

Yes, I know, but all illegals aren’t Mexicans, so why call them Mexicans when Latin Americans is a more accurate term? Even better, stick to illegals since Latin Americans aren’t the only ones coming over the southern border.


23 posted on 01/27/2016 10:08:53 PM PST by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I remember back when Iowa wasn’t full of Mexicans.


24 posted on 01/27/2016 10:15:08 PM PST by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,")
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To: DesertRhino

You and me. I did attend a LULAC function on behalf of General Haig and they were still joking about President Ford not taking the corn husk off of an tamale before he bit into it.


25 posted on 01/27/2016 10:17:48 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I admit it, I’m too lazy to read the story - which Republican are these latinos going to caucus for?

Because if it isn’t a Republican, they’re not caucusing against Trump.


26 posted on 01/27/2016 10:29:33 PM PST by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: skr

Ditto that..!!


27 posted on 01/27/2016 10:33:53 PM PST by Osage Orange (Nowadays we are just Central America with snow.)
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To: kingu

Jeb!


28 posted on 01/27/2016 10:38:33 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ 2016)
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To: All

Often times you can judge a man’s worth by his enemies.


29 posted on 01/28/2016 5:15:50 AM PST by Maverick68
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