Growing a Latino vote bloc in Arizona

“Immigrant rights advocates in the Valley and across the country are trying to transform the energy from last spring’s huge street demonstrations into voter power this fall, hoping to mobilize a million new voters by fall.

By flooding polls, advocates aim to push the immigration debate away from the enforcement-heavy approach supported by many key lawmakers in favor of comprehensive immigration reform that offers a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and more visas to reunite families.

Their goal in Maricopa County is to register 22,000 new voters in time for the Nov. 7 election. To achieve that mark, a coalition of immigrant rights groups is launching a voter drive on Friday that will send dozens of workers into heavily concentrated Latino neighborhoods to knock on doors and stand outside markets and shopping centers to register new voters. “

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