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Posted: 6/15/2012 11:15:22 AM EST
Juan Sacaria Lopez, an illegal immigrant, boards a plane during his deportation process in Phoenix, Arizona in this file photo taken July 10, 2009. The Obama administration will relax enforcement of deportation rules for young people brought to the United States without legal status, a softening of immigration policy that is likely to appeal to Hispanic voters in an election year. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Files (UNITES STATES DAY - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY IMMIGRATION)
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Posted: 6/15/2012 11:09:45 AM EST
Latin American demonstrators hold up a banner against U.S. immigration raids and deportations during an immigration reform rally in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington in this file photo taken October 13, 2009. The Obama administration will relax enforcement of deportation rules for young people brought to the United States without legal status, a softening of immigration policy that is likely to appeal to Hispanic voters in an election year. REUTERS/Jose Luis Magana/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY IMMIGRATION)
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Posted: 6/15/2012 11:09:42 AM EST
An immigration protester carries a child on his shoulders during May Day demonstrations in Los Angeles, California in this file photo taken May 1, 2012. The Obama administration will relax enforcement of deportation rules for young people brought to the United States without legal status, a softening of immigration policy that is likely to appeal to Hispanic voters in an election year. REUTERS/Jason Redmond/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY IMMIGRATION)
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Posted: 6/10/2012 7:40:45 AM EST
FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2006, file photo, then-Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, speaks after taking a tour with Rep. Jean Schmidt, R-Ohio, at Total Quality Logistics, Inc., a truckload freight brokerage company in Milford, Ohio. President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election team is running upbeat ads on Spanish-language stations in pivotal election states _ a sharp contrast to the hard-hitting commercials in English that the incumbent's campaign is airing against Republican rival Mitt Romney. Romney hasn't given up on Hispanic voters. During the first week of June 2012, Romney's campaign announced Juntos con Romney, a Hispanic leadership team led by Gutierrez. "The Hispanic community has been especially hard-hit by President Obama's policies," Gutierrez said in a statement. "Mitt Romney has a proven record of creating jobs both in the private sector and as governor." (AP Photo/David Kohl)
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Posted: 5/29/2012 4:15:47 PM EST
In this May 5, 2012 photo, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, center, visits with people during a stop at an art fair, in San Antonio. The soaring Hispanic population in Texas may not help Hispanic congressional hopefuls in the state's primary elections Tuesday, May 29, 2012. Two of the new districts are predominately Hispanic. But the front-runner in one is Doggett, a nine-term representative, who is white, while Hispanic candidates in the other face a strong opponent in state lawmaker Mark Veasey, who is black. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Posted: 5/29/2012 4:15:46 PM EST
In this May 4, 2012 photo, Democratic congressional candidate Sylvia Romo poses for a photo at her home, in San Antonio. The soaring Hispanic population in Texas may not help Hispanic congressional hopefuls, like former state lawmaker Romo, in the state's primary elections Tuesday, May 29, 2012. Two of the new districts are predominately Hispanic. But the front-runner in one is a nine-term representative, who is white, while Hispanic candidates in the other, face a strong opponent in another state lawmaker, who is black. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Posted: 5/29/2012 4:15:46 PM EST
In this May 5, 2012 photo, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, left, visits with people during a stop at an art fair, in San Antonio. The soaring Hispanic population in Texas may not help Hispanic congressional hopefuls in the state's primary elections Tuesday, May 29, 2012. Two of the new districts are predominately Hispanic. But the front-runner in one is Doggett, a nine-term representative, who is white, while Hispanic candidates in the other face a strong opponent in state lawmaker Mark Veasey, who is black. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Posted: 5/29/2012 4:15:46 PM EST
In this May 5, 2012 photo, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, center, holds a picture of a slice of pie as he participates in an art fair, in San Antonio. The soaring Hispanic population in Texas may not help Hispanic congressional hopefuls in the state's primary elections Tuesday, May 29, 2012. Two of the new districts are predominately Hispanic. But the front-runner in one is Doggett, a nine-term representative, who is white, while Hispanic candidates in the other face a strong opponent in state lawmaker Mark Veasey, who is black. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Posted: 5/29/2012 4:15:45 PM EST
In this May 4, 2012 photo, Democratic congressional candidate Sylvia Romo poses for a photo at her home, in San Antonio. The soaring Hispanic population in Texas may not help Hispanic congressional hopefuls, like former state lawmaker Romo, in the state's primary elections Tuesday, May 29, 2012. Two of the new districts are predominately Hispanic. But the front-runner in one is a nine-term representative, who is white, while Hispanic candidates in the other, face a strong opponent in another state lawmaker, who is black. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Posted: 5/15/2012 2:45:47 PM EST
FILE - In this May 12, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama greets audience members after speaking at the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast in Washington. President Barack Obama's shift to support gay marriage is energizing young Hispanic voters who have been working side-by-side with gay activists in their push for immigration reform. The alliance has been growing nationwide and helping dispel what many say is an outdated notion that Hispanics are less tolerant of gays than the general public. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Posted: 5/15/2012 2:45:46 PM EST
FILE - In this May 10, 2011 file photo, audience members listen to President Barack Obama speak about immigration reform at Chamizal National Memorial Park in El Paso, Texas. President Barack Obama's shift to support gay marriage is energizing young Hispanic voters who have been working side-by-side with gay activists in their push for immigration reform. The alliance has been growing nationwide and helping dispel what many say is an outdated notion that Hispanics are less tolerant of gays than the general public. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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Posted: 5/15/2012 2:45:45 PM EST
Chart shows Hispanic voter participation rates for previous presidential elections
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Posted: 4/26/2012 12:00:53 PM EST
In this Tuesday April 17,2012 photo a woman walks past an empty lot on Vermont Ave. between 85th St. and Manchester Ave. in South Central Los Angeles. Several large stores once occupied the lot that was looted and set afire during the riots of 1992. Twenty years since the 1992 LA riots residents of the city?s largely black and Hispanic South Side complain that the area still is plagued by too few jobs, too few grocery stores and a lack of redevelopment that would bring more life to the area. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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Posted: 4/26/2012 12:00:53 PM EST
In this Friday, April 20, 2012 photo, security guard Santiago Azpeitia stands at the entrance of Tom's Liquor on the corner of Florence and Normandie in Los Angeles. In the 20 years since the 1992 riots, residents of the city?s largely black and Hispanic South Side complain that the area still is plagued by too few jobs, too few grocery stores and a lack of redevelopment that would bring more life to the area.(AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
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Posted: 4/26/2012 12:00:53 PM EST
In this Friday April 20, 2012 photo, James Oh, right, owner of Tom's Liquor on the corner of Florence and Normandie, greets a customer in his store in South Los Angeles. In the 20 years since the 1992 riots, residents of the city?s largely black and Hispanic South Side complain that the area still is plagued by too few jobs, too few grocery stores and a lack of redevelopment that would bring more life to the area. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
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Posted: 4/26/2012 12:00:53 PM EST
This April 20, 2012 photo shows Tom's Liquor at the corner of Florence and Normandie in Los Angeles. Twenty years since the 1992 LA riots residents of the city?s largely black and Hispanic South Side complain that the area still is plagued by too few jobs, too few grocery stores and a lack of redevelopment that would bring more life to the area. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
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Posted: 4/26/2012 4:50:52 AM EST
In this Friday April 20, 2012 photo, customers leave Tom's Liquor on the corner of Florence and Normandie in South Los Angeles. In the 20 years since the 1992 riots, residents of the city?s largely black and Hispanic South Side complain that the area still is plagued by too few jobs, too few grocery stores and a lack of redevelopment that would bring more life to the area. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
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Posted: 4/26/2012 4:50:51 AM EST
In this Friday April 20, 2012 photo, James Oh, right, owner of Tom's Liquor on the corner of Florence and Normandie, greets a customer in his store in South Los Angeles. In the 20 years since the 1992 riots, residents of the city?s largely black and Hispanic South Side complain that the area still is plagued by too few jobs, too few grocery stores and a lack of redevelopment that would bring more life to the area. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
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Posted: 4/26/2012 4:50:51 AM EST
On Friday, April 20, 2012, a selection of baby food is seen inside Tom's Liquor on the corner of Florence and Normandie in South Los Angeles, considered Ground Zero of the riots 20 years ago. Since the 1992, riots residents of the city?s largely black and Hispanic South Side complain that the area still is plagued by too few jobs, too few grocery stores and a lack of redevelopment that would bring more life to the area.(AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
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Posted: 4/26/2012 4:50:51 AM EST
On Friday, April 20, 2012, James Oh, the current owner of Tom's Liquor on the corner of Florence and Normandie in South Los Angeles, considered Ground Zero of the 1992 riots, poses for a portrait in the store. Twenty years since the 1992 LA riots residents of the city?s largely black and Hispanic South Side complain that the area still is plagued by too few jobs, too few grocery stores and a lack of redevelopment that would bring more life to the area. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
