Hispanics mixed on McCain’s compassion for migrants

Republican John McCain made a dramatic plea for Hispanic votes on Monday, reading from a roll-call of some of the hundreds of illegal immigrants who die each year crossing the border from Mexico.

“Maria Hernandez Perez was No. 93. She was almost 2. She had thick brown hair and eyes the color of chocolate,” McCain said in an address to the Latino advocacy group the National Council of La Raza, in San Diego, California.”*

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