A recent poll by Latino Decisions shows that 83 percent of Latino voters “favored and wanted to see fully implemented” President Obama’s immigration actions, which were placed in a frozen stage after numerous Republican attacks on the programs, and then a 4-4 Supreme Court decision. Months before the court’s decision, Speaker Paul Ryan forced the House of Representatives to take an “extraordinary step” and vote to send an amicus brief against expanded DACA and DAPA to the Supreme Court.
Across the country, there are more than 1.5 million eligible voters whose family members are impacted by the programs. These vulnerable House Republicans with DAPA-affected voters took a stand against deportation relief for their families:
CA-10: Jeff Denham; 531,000 DAPA-affected voters in California
CA-21: David Valadao 531,000 DAPA-affected voters in California
CA-25: Steve Knight: 531,000 DAPA-affected voters in California
CO-06: Mike Coffman; 21,000 DAPA-affected voters in Colorado
FL-07: John Mica; 60,000 DAPA-affected voters in Florida
NV-04: Cresent Hardy; 27,000 DAPA-affected voters in Nevada
TX-23: Will Hurd; 276,000 DAPA-affected voters in Texas
“House Republicans have gone out of their way to tear hardworking Latino and immigrant families apart,” said Javier Gamboa of the DCCC. “In the eyes of Latino voters, House Republicans are no different than Donald Trump.”
Read Latino Decisions’ How the Supreme Court DAPA Decision Will Influence the 2016 Election here