Latino Advocacy Group Urging Voters To Not Vote Democrat In Swing States: Find Out Why

Immigration reform has been one of the major topics of conversation for a quite some time, and now people are no longer just talking but actively taking action. A major Latino advocacy group is now campaigning against four Senate Democrats, the advocacy group is urging Hispanics to not vote democrat in the forthcoming midterm elections, specifically in key swing states, due to their opposition of immigration reform. The advocacy group that is working to combat the opposition to immigration reform is Presente Action, the group states that their mission is to “advance Latino power and create winning campaigns that amplify Latino voices; expand the political imagination and traditional boundaries; and foster inspiration for freedom, equity, and justice.”

Presente is now turning their focus on Sens. Kay Hagan (N.C.), Jeanne Shaheen (N.H), Mark Pryor (Ark.), and Mary Landrieu (La.), whom they refer to as the “Dirty Four.” The group reported that the four senator’s procedural vote resulted to a vote against expanded deportation relief for undocumented immigrants. Huffington Post reports that despite the group’s report, the four senators did not, in fact, vote to oppose executive action on immigration. Instead, they did support Sens. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in an attempt to push for a vote on amendments restricting the 2012 Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals policy, which in turn would have restricted President Barack Obama from using executive action in regards to immigration reform.

The vote failed, and the repercussions seem to be worrisome for Democrats. The move was supported by all Republicans and 5 Democrats, including the “Dirty Four.” Presente and other Latinos viewed the attempt as a complete betrayal of the proposed executive action on immigration. "We are sick of politicians playing with our community like we are political pawns," Arturo Carmona, executive director of Presente Action, told Fox News Latino. "These Senate Democrats have been willing to throw our community under the bus. On the issue of immigration our community has been lied to once, twice, 10 times, and when you gage the Latino community we are fed up."

Presente has already begun to circulate petitions in protest of the Senators, and they plan on buying ads on Facebook and Google in an attempt to reach it’s 300,000 members across the nation and encourage friends and family to not vote for the Senators in the forthcoming November 4^th election.