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Rosario Dawson at the Voto Latino In Conversation at NCTA's in Washington, D.C. on Friday.
Actress and Voto Latino co-founder Rosario Dawson spoke about the role immigration will play in the upcoming presidential election in an interview with The Daily Caller.
Dawson brought up Romney's tie to the Latino community — his father was born in Mexico.
"Having his heritage be something that’s going to be really exciting for a lot of people to talk about and be really important for him to be speaking about — what that's meant to him as an immigrant — as part of an immigrant family and story," Dawson said.
Dawson contrasted Romney's roots with the Obama administration’s record setting deportation of illegal immigrants.
"I think he'll draw a lot of people in, but I think the Republican party has really sort of pushed away the Latino vote and the Latino conversation in such a negative way that I think it’s going to be very difficult for him to kind of get them on board. So that'll be something that he can really use to make it very personal and that will be really important for him," Dawson commented.
Despite the Romney's background, Republicans haven’t done much to emphasize his link to the Hispanic community. NBC’s First Read points out that Restore Our Future, the pro-Romney Super PAC, revealed a $4.3 million ad buy across nine battleground states, greatly outspending the president.
However, Republicans aren’t even trying to compete in Hispanic media outlets. According to NBC/Smart Media Delta, Republican are not airing ads on any Hispanic media... at all. Meanwhile, President Obama is spending $435,000 over the next two weeks on Hispanic media buys in Denver, Las Vegas, Orlando, Tampa, and Miami.
Romney did release a Spanish speaking ad during the Florida primary, but he's going to need a lot more than that if he wants to compete with Obama's ad blitz for the Hispanic vote.
If Restore our Future is already spending big money on ad buys, where is the logic in not even trying to compete in Hispanic media?





the media needs to stop covering and hiding informations that supposed to do the job for all the legal citizens, the people=the government of the united states of america. are those informations right now that are published in the youtube.com are not true? why is it that no one is complaining about it and also why is it the media are not checking it out and not telling and reporting to the people the citizens of the united states of america. is it doctor jerome corsi is a fraud and the federal agents that doing examinations and investigating obama's personal documentation records are idiot and stupid. hmmmmmmmmm....very disturbing to our country especially to all of all of us the people=the government. so many many more disturbing informations in the youtube.com. just type obama new scandal evidence and you must decide!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All the medias job is to help the public telling them the truth their documentations records about who runs for presidency, congress, and senators because these candidates are the one going to do the job for all of us the people and to make it sure that they can be trusted for their decision makings. Right now is not good. Our tax money went to the wrong Countries instead of using for our Countries bad economy. Obama in 2009 was campaigning about to pass the stimulus bill in order to create jobs, helping the small businesses, put people to work and good changed for our country. The campaigned was really convincing and very believable. Very good promises...one year passed the people were waiting....two year passed the people wondering......three year passed......the people starting getting mad, furious, devestated, asking questions where were the promises, and people start losing what they worked hard for. And the media still honoring Obama how he can produce a good speech, likeable, charming, sexy, know how to make people to like him. Part of that stimulus money billions billions of dollars that supposed to be for our country to restore the bad economy, that money was sent to Kenya Obama's Homeland which he and his wife admitted (info in youtube.com), and to other Muslim Countries. This was not in te bill that we the people have to send aid to Kenya and to other Muslim Countries. The bill was for our Country's Economy (BAD ECONOMY). After three years plus the result of this so many many many people filed for bankcruptcy including me. But accordig to the medias Obama is doing a good good job. Yes, Obama did a very very good job ruining peole's lives. And so do the medias doing a very good jobs. If this is keeping up not checking the real records all of us including the media we all the people are going to be so so so sorry. And it is going to be toooooooooooo Late. Must think harder how we are going to help to get back our Country......God Bless Us All.....
Rosario Dawson thinks Romney will do more topass humane Legislation for illegal immigrants than Obamma because Romney has an Hispanic lineage?Is she crazy?
We have one way in returning the power to the American people, is to retire the majority of Democrats, Liberals and Republican politicians, and give that influence to the Constitutional TEA PARTY leadership. Under Obama we have seen the U.S. deficit rising to an almost fanatical 16 trillion dollars. In Sen. Harry Reid’s party no move towards a balanced budget. Then both parties have deliberately ignored the astronomical $113 billion dollars a year, pander to the 20 plus million illegal migrants and immigrants already settled here. Our only real chance to stop the illegal invaders is adopting more Tea Party Senators and Representatives. Millions of demoralized Americans of different racial make-ups, religions and political parties have joined the Tea Party that represents all citizens, permanent residents whether of Hispanic, Latino, European, and Asian, Pacific Rim or any part of the world’s population who came here legally.
Beginning with Arizona v. the justice Department who revolted against the high court’s unfunded mandates, that STATES must give health care, an education and welfare programs to anybody who can slither past our fences or just lie to an agent, when they alighting from a jet plane from another country. Other than Sanctuary states, the rest are waiting for the outcome in June by SCOTUS. Patiently waiting is Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina and the majority of other states to at least have some confirmation, whether they can advance a policing policy to check a person’s eligibility to be in the United States?
Senator Marco Rubio has his own plan for the Dream Act, other than the very incendiary law that Democrats have in mind. For any realistic chance of the Dream Act gaining passage in Congress, certain provisions must be in effect. The central government has to enact a nationwide mandatory E-Verify program, that Chain Migration must be rescinded from immigration law, that only children below the age of ten would be considered and that all recipients to obtain a path to citizenship, must depart the country and apply for a entry at an Embassy, as every other patient immigrant must do. A larger majority of the Tea Party members would also insist that the Birthright Citizenship law be amended, so no pregnant illegal alien mother or parents could take advantage any more with their child/children getting instant citizenship. That no baby/infant should become a taxpayer’s burden, unless one parent is a U.S. citizen. Over the years this law has become mutated, and should not be a foothold, for every illegal migrant or immigrant who smuggles themselves into America to gain admittance to welfare and public assistance. Our own pregnant females suffer a large disadvantage by the hospital clogged by illegal alien Mothers, whereas citizens and residents must pay maternity fees, while others get a free uncompensated ride. These programs should only be available to citizens, naturalized citizens and green card holders.
ALL WE ARE DOING BY GIVING ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGNERS, IS ACHIEVING MORE POVERTY FOR OUR PEOPLE; OUR SICK, MENTALLY ILL, OUR HOMELESS, OUR POOR AND EVEN OUR TROOPS COMING HOME SHOULD BE OUR TOP PRIORITY?
That the farming and agricultural commerce have an obligation to pay the benefits for their labor and not the state’s taxpayers. There will no importation of migrant poverty anymore, by cutting off access to welfare, food stamps, and section 8 housing programs. Taxpayer doesn’t need or should we accept any new low skilled workers, instead we must necessitate in supplying our own citizens with more occupational programs. Further we must safeguard our voting system which has been compromised by the far left, its Liberal associates, Democrats and groups like ACORN that became a vital factor of a growing number of state requiring official ID to vote. Illegal aliens are voting and will again in local, state and federal elections and this dishonesty must be ended. Another set of regulations to amend, would be a careful examination of the current visa system allowing around a million legal immigrants annually into the U.S. No further violation can be tolerated from businesses and we should only permit the highest intelligence in engineering, the sciences, mathematicians and computer technology professionals to immigrate.
Illegal immigration must become a thing of the past by securing our border fences. Business that intentionally ignores E-Verify should face harsh sanctions, including prison. Elected officials, who allow such provisions as Sanctuary City ordinances, should be punished and government legislators should sever funds to these perpetrators. All federal and state legislators, governors, majors, police chiefs should be put on notice, that voters will unseat them, specially the Tea Party members. Any illegal alien invaders of this sovereign country, should be prosecuted as a Felony, not a civil infraction, with ID theft or Voter Fraud should be mandatory prison sentence, with no exceptions.
America is bleeding badly from years of neglect by both political parties and pampering of foreign nationals cannot be accepted any more as the norm. Internal enforcement is more urgent than ever before, because of supporting illegal aliens is skyrocketing and taxpayers are on the hook. Illegal aliens have also found a way, to obtain $4.6 billion dollars annually by defrauding the IRS and the taxpayers, using non-existent children tax credits. Elections are no longer safe as Democrats and their less honest followers are participating in voter fraud. We either need a national ID card or that all voters must possess a government picture ID for proof of who they are?
If you cherish your freedoms from the corruption in Washington that benefits all of us, we need a balanced tax system with no subsidies, a right to drill on the Peoples National land and sea for plentiful reservoirs of oil, natural gas to alleviate our out-of-control deficit. No more government bail outs for the friends of the White house. Throw out all the profiteering lawmakers and by cleaning house, put recognizable TEA PARTY leaders in their place. Voters need to demand from Congress, specifically from GOP House speaker, John Boehner of Ohio and Dave Camp of Michigan, as the Chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee to stop blocking the 50-state E-Verify bill. Call the central switchboard at 202-224-3121 Washington, DC. For further information on this crisis subject, check with NumbersUSA website, where even Congress consults on immigration matters.
Latest News: Governor of Oregon, a Democrat of course has allowed police to accept the Mexican Matricula Consular ID cards as proof of citizenship for driving. The FBI has stated that this Picture ID, is very unreliable document for representing the individual of who they say they are?
One commentary on the Internet states:
There is a small farming community in Texas, about 160 families, that has a Post Office with 1,500 PO Boxes. Mexicans cross the border every year to pick up their IRS checks for “Families with dependent children tax credit”; in fact these are welfare payments to illegal aliens.
Poor Mis..lead Dawson...Romney hasn't had contact with that side of his family, by their admission. That's like asking him to invite his catholic gardener to his Temple....not gonna happen. Someone needs to tell this poor girl that though she is proud of her heritage, the "black sheep, in the closet, whisper about it in public, polygamist hidden in Mexico Romneys aren't something Mittens is gonna herald.