VivirLatino

Sometimes you have to put politicians feet to the fire when it comes to being clear and real about an issue. The hot-button immigration issue, especially as it relates to the mythic Latino voting block has gotten lots of play by the presidential candidates. Recently both John McCain and Barack Obama played amigos to Latinos at the LULAC conference. This weekend they will certainly be all smiles and bad Spanish as they speak at the NCLR conference. But the Latino blogosphere and pro-migrant blogosphere wants more than sound bites, which is why the founding editors of The Sanctuary have put together a detailed questionnaire focusing on issues surrounding immigration. This was distributed to the 2008 presidential candidates over two weeks ago.

The Obama camp says a response is forthcoming and the McCain camp has stayed quiet but with election day coming closer and plenty of opportunities to play up the Latino vote until then, The Sanctuary had to put the candidates’ feet to the fire. So the questionnaire was resent, requesting a response by a specific date.

Now is the time for the presidential wannabes to step up to the plate and put some depth beyond the rhetoric. Let’s see if si se puede.

Edited to add that this is a joint effort of concerned pro-immigrant bloggers. Among them are:

Problem Chylde
Cross Left
Latina Lista
Zuky
Latino Politico
The Unapologetic Mexican
Xicano Power

Read the entire questionnaire after the jump

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