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Our Views: Election a wake-up call on immigration
Desire to lure Latino voters finally may move Congress toward a long-term fix
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No matter how you feel about the result of the Nov. 6 election, one promising result may be that the federal government finally is moving toward a practical policy on illegal immigration. After years of debate over how best to deal with the nearly 12 million undocumented foreign workers in the United States, a push toward a solution may be sparked by politics. Republican nominee Mitt Romney earned only 27 percent of Latino votes, down from 31 percent won by John McCain in 2008 and 40 percent by George W. Bush in 2004.