New mood from new citizens - Latino immigrants in South Florida who have traditionally registered with the GOP have felt alienated by the party, critics say.

“As a Cuban who fled Fidel Castros communist rule for a new life in the U.S., Julio Izquierdo would seem a natural Republican voter ”” a sure bet to adopt the same political lineage that has long guided most of his countrymen who resettled in South Florida.

But moments after taking his oath this week to become a U.S. citizen and registering to vote, the grocery store employee said he felt no such allegiances. “

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