CHRISTIAN POST

Latino evangelicals are credited for helping re-elect President Bush, but their loyalty to the Republican Party waned after the failed immigration bill left them feeling abandoned by the GOP and more open to Democratic presidential candidates in this year’s election.

Many Latino evangelicals expressed that they are still undecided as they wait to hear candidates speak more about plans for the nation’s immigration problem. But memories of being shunned by the Republican Party during the immigration row still remain fresh in their minds.

“Democrats are saying, ‘Let’s talk about your family and your faith,’” said the Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC), to Christianity Today magazine. “They’re saying, ‘The other side doesn’t want you.’”

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