Hispanic activists want 1-million new voters

“During a May 1 demonstration for immigrant rights, Americo Villareal carried a large picture of his son, U.S. Army Sgt. Saul Ybarra, to show that children of immigrants help protect democracy here.

Now, says Villareal, it’s vital that Hispanic immigrants who have become citizens participate in that democracy.

“You have to register to vote,” Villareal, 52, a Mexican immigrant who became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2002, tells customers at his two restaurants in Polk County.”

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