CNN and a federal agency director looked west for input on a burgeoning segment of U.S. population
Two very different gatherings happened within 24 hours last week in Las Vegas, each at high levels in their respective worlds, each involving Hispanics.
In one, a heavyweight member of the national media sought input from valley residents on a major production, “Latino in America.” In the other, a top federal official gathered input on future legislation that would affect many of the nation’s Hispanics.
Representatives for each event said they came to town because of the large population of people here with Latin American heritage, about 28 percent. They weren’t the first to include the valley in their plans for that reason. The most noteworthy of recent examples was the Democratic Party’s decision to hold an early presidential caucus here in January 2008, in large part because of the Hispanic electorate.
Last week’s events provided the latest evidence that the Las Vegas Valley’s future cannot be divorced from the future of Hispanics as a population, and is unavoidably linked to immigration. READ FULL STORY
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