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In the country. of the top 11 states for black voter turnout, seven of them have new restrictions on voting going into effect for this years election. of the 12 states with the largest hispanic growth population in the country, 9 of those 12 states have past laws to make it harder to vote this year. and the state of mississippi is on both of those lists. the changes that state government wanted in mississippi, they were seen as too racist to be approved. while mississippi was under federal overs...

Of the top 11 states for black voter turnout, seven of them have new restrictions on voting going into effect for this years election. of the 12 states with the largest hispanic growth population in the country, 9 of those 12 states have past laws to make it harder to vote this year. and the state of mississippi is on both of those lists. the changes that state government wanted in mississippi, they were seen as too racist to be approved. while mississippi was under federal oversight. but the se...

So whats the traditional population in this configuration? talking points memo sent the campaign for an explanation. they said he definitely didnt mean white people. he told tpm, traditional north carolinians refer to north carolinians who have been here a few generations. a lot of the population growth is people who move from other states to live, work and settle down in north carolina him he sees black and hispanic as north carolina residents. they can vote, technically they can still vote. a ...

>> again, there are a lot of other issues in this race as well. voter turnout. what kind of campaign was run. all of these things. >> im asking you about this and whether or not the republican party is in danger of alienating hispanic voters and will pay a price for it at the ballot box. >> well, i think there are a couple of ears issues here. first of all, youll find republicans that believe we have to get border security in place before we get everything else. second, its hard to have a discus...

>> dont think immigration and david brat say it was amnesty was an issue? >> i didnt say that, i said i think it played a role. there were a lost other issues in the race. voter turnout, the campaign that was run. >> i am asking you about this and whether the republican party is in danger of alienating hispanic voters and you will pay a price. >> there are republicans who believe we have to get border security in place. second it is hard to have a discussion with the president of the united stat...

Beside immigration and i think we will. >> having said that, mitt romney lost to president obama by 44 points by hispanic voters. dont you have to do something, congressman, to appeal more and immigration is certainly part of the equation and something that hispanics care about, dont you have to do something to avote getting in real trouble at ballot box in 2014 and especially in 2016? >> there is in doubt our immigration system is broken but i have come to believe it is the president who is the...

>> again, there are a lot of other issues in this race as well. voter turnout. what kind of campaign was run. all of these things. >> im asking you about this and whether or not the republican party is in danger of alienating hispanic voters and will pay a price for it at the ballot box. >> well, i think there are a couple of ears issues here. first of all, youll find republicans that believe we have to get border security in place before we get everything else. second, its hard to have a discus...

Origin, no or yes, with a request to get specific with country of origin. then it asks what is person ones race. you notice none of these include hispanic, latino or spanish unless you choose to write it under some other race. so why am i bringing this up? the pew research center reported findings that showed that millions of americans counted in the 2000 census changed their racial or ethnic identity from one census to the next. the group doing so the most, hispanics and latinos. an estimated n...

Necessarily feel like they fit anywhere in the main categories now. when you look at latinos in some of the countries of origin, there is colorism, theres race, theres racism and a history of anti-blackness in many countries and that translates in the american reality of race also in interesting ways. >> this is the reason i want to inject this in the conversation just briefly is because you hear a lot of this common wisdom is the republican party is setting itself up as a party that will not ta...

Sta standpoint, thats where the ball game is, anything happening at the federal level is going to be an executive action, you know, this summer early this fall. when you look at this specific situation, though, what do you look for the administration to this be doing on this right now? >> okay. but i need to counter your premise that its not going to happen. right? lets talk about mccarthy and labrador. mccarthy is from bakersfield, its not only in his interest in his district because of the gro...