Posted on: May 5th, 2008
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Hispanic residents making their first run for office are on Saturday’s ballot for City Council in Farmers Branch and Irving, where illegal immigration is a major issue.
The candidates, two of them 21-year-old college students whose parents are immigrants, say the issue is not the only thing that motivated them to run, but they oppose their cities’ tough stands. They said the campaign trail has come with threatening phone calls, cold shoulders and doors closed in their faces.
No Hispanics have been elected to municipal office in Farmers Branch or Irving for at least 10 years, according to the Los Angeles-based National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.”*
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