Okay, I can't stop shaking my head over this so I'm just going to excerpt statements from Iowa hispanics from an article here from Reuters. But here is the most telling of the comments from one of the Iown hispanic voters:
"All they talk about is the border, nobody talks about putting more money into the system to process paper faster so people can become legal," said Aguilera, a social worker.
Iowa Hispanic voters frustrated by U.S. campaign
Helgen, a retired education worker who moved to Iowa from Panama 32 years ago, said Biden believes the border should be secured, immigrants must learn English and illegals should get to the back of the line.
"They all talk about the line. What line?" asked Sister Christine Feagan, who has worked as the Hispanic minister at St. Mary's Catholic Church for three years.
"They all talk about the line. What line?" asked Sister Christine Feagan, who has worked as the Hispanic minister at St. Mary's Catholic Church for three years.
"Some of them say one thing if they are on the Spanish channel, and later they say something different (to an English-speaking audience)," Martha Garcia said. "If you speak both languages, it's obvious."
"If Edwards and Clinton, say, are one point apart, it will make a difference," said Avalos. "There are now more Latinos than farmers in Iowa."
Helgen has seen the top seven Democratic candidates, and Republican John McCain, and spoken to most of them. She likes New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who is Hispanic
"Hillary did not even talk about immigration when she was in Marshalltown," said Helgen.
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