Missouri Governor candidates find Hispanic issues on their plates From: columbiatribune.com
Tagged: MissouriPosted on: April 25th, 2008
Missouri gubernatorial candidates are finding themselves in the middle of the immigration debate as they yield to calls for tighter immigration laws without alienating the 161,000 Hispanics in the state.
Gov. Matt Blunt laid the groundwork for this session’s flurry of more than 30 bills addressing illegal immigration with comments in his State of the State address as he supported English as the language of official proceedings and called for legislators to “turn the magnets off” that attract illegal immigrants.”*
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