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May 16, 2007
 
 

Sen. Kennedy Lets La Raza Have Veto Over "Compromise" Bill


"When Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) declared last week that unnamed 'stakeholders' would decide whether Congress overhauls immigration law this year, Latino organizations in Washington understood exactly what he meant. After laboring in obscurity for decades, groups such as the National Council of La Raza, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and the National Immigration Forum are virtually being granted veto power over perhaps the biggest domestic issue coming before Congress this year," the Washington Post reports. "A deal on those tough issues could depend on the assent of Kennedy's 'stakeholders,' Democratic negotiators agreed. Democratic leaders, who are fighting for the loyalty of the fast-growing Latino electorate, have no desire to embrace legislation that could end up alienating the voters they are trying to woo."

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