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Call 850-716-6978 or e-mail us today at conexionflorida@gmail.com 6.000 copias impresas por mes 6,000 copies printed per month Más de 100 centros de distribución Over 100 distribution spots The BRIDGE that CONNECTS businesses and other entities to the growing Hispanic Market El PUENTE que CONECTA a las empresas y otras entidades con el creciente mercado Hispano CONEXIóN MEDIA GROUP 2210 Gozo Court Navarre, Florida 32547 Tel: 850-716-6978 E-mail: conexionflorida@gmail.com www.conexionflorida.com I do believe there are some people “in the middle” of these two sides that truly do want to find a solution to an issue that has been festering since 1986, the last time an immigration solution was agreed upon and put into Law. Of all people, the standard bearer of the Conservative Movement at that time, and a man I admired, signed this bill into law. It was President Ronald Wilson Reagan. Today, Conservative candidates and voters bring Reagan up all the time and love to say “how much like him they are”, at the same time, they are the most ardent challengers to finding a common sense solution on this issue. A solution, that like Ronald Reagan and the Congress at that time concluded, had to consider the human aspect behind the “numbers of undocumented.” The bottom line is that solving this is NOT “Rocket Science” and it also involves “economics, jobs, and national security.” The immigration issue overall includes all these three things within it and many different individuals, organizations, and think tanks, both Liberal and Conservative ones, have 4 – 5 point plans that would solve it. Donald Trump is the consummate showman (a clown may be a better description), unfortunately, he is an effective showman and knows exactly which buttons to push. He is leading in the Republican Party according to polls. Thankfully, it is still a minority percentage of the overall Republican voting block. Last year, as he launched his campaign, he disparaged immigrants hailing from Mexico. A not so smart showman I guess, for he must not know that 64% of the Hispanic immigrants hail from Mexico. So what is wrong with his “we’ll deport them all” way of solving this issue? Can you just see it? Immigration officers or whatever force is needed rounding up the estimated 12 million undocumented individuals, of all races, nationalities, and creeds? How will that be done? Do we have enough buses, trains, and airplanes to do such a thing? Will we use the merchant marine fleet, cruise liners, and other ships to transport some to Europe, Asia, Africa, and all the other continents that “the illegal invaders” (another disparaging term many of his followers like to use) hail from? Such a ridiculous “solution” is not only impossible, it is not what a proud nation of immigrants like the United States of America will likely conduct. I am sure him and his followers know that among the estimated 12 million people that are here illegally, there are thousands of US Citizen children, teens and adults. Many of these children, have never been to the country their parents hail from. For a group of people that claim to be all about the “rule of law” (they use this term to justify their hard core approach to this issue), are they ok with deporting these children too or that such families will be forever broken up? Should we not be able to come up with a better solution than that? One that considers that human aspect behind the numbers? In June of last year, a bi-partisan poll of Hispanic voters was conducted for Univision Noticias by Bendixen & Amandi International and the Tarrance Group: Some key results include: 79% of respondents consider Trump’s comments offensive. Only 18% don’t consider them that way. As a result, 71% have an unfavorable opinion of Trump, only 17% have a favorable opinion, and 12% have no opinion of him. If the Republican primaries and caucuses were held then, Trump would receive just 7% of Hispanic Republicans’ votes, Jeb Bush 38%, Marco Rubio 22%, and Ted Cruz 12%. If presidential elections were held then, Hillary Clinton would easily beat Trump among Hispanic voters. She would get 70% of their votes and Trump 16%. A solid majority of Hispanic voters approve the decision made by Univision, NBC, Macy’s, and other entities to break business ties with Trump over his comments about Mexican immigrants. 74% of respondents agree with that decision and only 19% disagree. Here are a few other interesting figures from that poll, bear in mind, it was taken in June of last year, but, and this is solely my personal opinion, the percentages are probably not that much different: If the election had taken place at that time: Hillary Clinton would obtain 64% of the Hispanic votes and her closest Republican rival, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, would receive 27%. 16% of the voters interviewed identify themselves as being Republicans while 58% say they are Democrats. Only 36% have a favorable opinion of the Republican Party while 52% are favorable toward the Democratic Party. The survey allows one to infer that many Hispanic voters are receptive to ideas from the aspiring Republicans. For example, 32% continued page 22 | 3