“I think there’s a lot of fear out there,” says Stewart. “All of the (presidential) candidates to some extent are using the immigration thing as a lever to get elected. They’re appealing to the fear Americans have, some of this 9/11 stuff. And the rhetoric has a lot of the people who are not as informed or maybe don’t listen carefully, convinced that most of the Spanish people in this country are illegal immigrants or they’re terrorists.”

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