GOP hopefuls tiptoe around immigration at debate

On a tightrope between alienated Hispanic voters and core Republicans, GOP presidential contenders tangled Sunday night in a groundbreaking Spanish-language debate that featured none of the usual clawing for the mantle of toughest anti-immigrant crusader.

Those most eager to clamp down on illegal immigration ceded no ground, celebrating the nation’s diversity and saving the most inflammatory views for another day, leaving an impression that the goal was neither to pander nor to shrink from the immigrant-bashing that has drastically eroded the party’s Hispanic support.”*

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