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REPUBLICAN CONVENTION EFFORTS TO COURT HISPANIC VOTERS HAVE NOT COMPLETELY SUCCEEDED
Despite its efforts at inclusion during its recent National Convention, the Republican Party still faces an uphill battle with Hispanic voters.  The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda, a nonpartisan coalition of various Hispanic organizations, are more concerned with seeing the party act on issues than seeing Spanish language speeches at the convention. 

The group is pushing the Republican leadership in Congress to take up the Latino Immigration Fairness Act when it returns in September.  The group also wrote letters to the two main presidential candidates, George W. Bush and Al Gore, asking where they stood on the issue.  Gore responded with his support of the measure, which would change the registry date to 1986, would restore section 245(i), and would provide for equal treatment of all countries covered under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act, while Bush has yet to respond. 

A Bush spokesperson has said that Bush will not endorse any specific bill pending in Congress because he has his own series of reforms that he would like to introduce if elected.
 
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