Latinos are set to be the largest minority voting group in November, as well as crucial electorates in battleground states. So if Joe Biden wants to spur these key votes, he may want to learn a thing or two from Bernie Sander's campaign, experts say.
A screen capture from a"Todos con Biden" virtual event features Biden senior advisor Cristóbal Alex, labor activist Dolores Huerta, actor John Leguizamo, former Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas.A screen capture from a"Todos con Biden" virtual event features Biden senior advisor Cristóbal Alex, labor activist Dolores Huerta, actor John Leguizamo, former Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas.
"Immigration is not the only important issue for the Latinx community, but it is the issue that gets at the heart of our community," said Cristina Jiménez, executive director of, a youth activist group that endorsed Sanders, along with Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, over Biden."Sen. Sanders adopted one of the most progressive positions, along with Sen. Warren, of stopping deportations in the first 100 days if they were to be in the White House in 2021.
But immigration politics in the general election differ sharply from the primaries, especially as Biden runs against President Trump, whose administration has pursued highly restrictive immigration policies following his 2016 campaign in which he frequently disparaged immigrants as bad for the country.
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