ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION THE FIGHT TO KEEP OUR DEMOCRACY Message Board

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION THE FIGHT TO KEEP OUR DEMOCRACY

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next

To: Carolyn who wrote (1003)	7/9/2006 9:30:32 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) of 3197

Powerful Latino DJs to mount immigrant voter drive Sat Jul 8, 3:49 AM ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two Latino radio hosts credited for mobilizing hundreds of thousands this year in pro-immigrant protests said on Friday they would join the drive to increase the Hispanic and immigrant vote in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. ADVERTISEMENT Los Angeles disc jockeys Piolin (Tweetybird) and El Cucuy (the Bogeyman) said they will work with the National Council of La Raza and other organizations to push Latino immigrants living in the United States to become U.S. citizens and register to vote in time to cast ballots in 2008. Immigration promises to be one of the big issues in the 2006 mid-term congressional elections and the 2008 presidential election as the future of some 12 million undocumented immigrants divides Congress and President George W. Bush's Republican Party. An estimated 8 million Latinos are legal residents in the United States who qualify for naturalization as U.S. citizens, including 3 million in California alone, activists said. National Council of La Raza president Janet Murguia said Spanish-language radio DJs could help add at least another 3 million Latino voters to the 7.5 million who cast ballots in 2004, helping to elect more pro-immigration politicians. "With the huge march on March 25, the Los Angeles DJs showed the power to mobilize the community," said El Cucuy, whose real name is Renan Almendarez Coello, referring to the 500,000 marchers who rallied in Los Angeles on March 25 in what is believed to be the nation's largest pro-immigrant protest. "The big difference now is that we are united and fighting for the same objective," said Piolin, also known as Eddie Sotelo. Both Mexican native Piolin and Honduran-born El Cucuy said they had once been illegal immigrants in the United States. Reuters/VNU

Report TOU Violation

Share This Post

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next