1. 78% of Hispanics favor Obama
2. Issue slips in CO district
3. India to open Seattle consulate
4. NC race highlights issue
5. Topic remains hot in NE

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78 percent of U.S. Hispanics favor Obama over McCain
By Tim Gaynor
Reuters, November 4, 2008

Phoenix (Reuters) -- In the final stretch to the presidential election, more than three quarters of likely Hispanic voters say they support Democrat Barack Obama over Republican John McCain, a study found.

The Univision/Reuters/Zogby poll released on Tuesday said that 78 percent of a sample of 1,016 Latino likely voters favored Sen. Obama, with 13 percent supporting McCain, an Arizona senator.

The poll, which was conducted between October 30 and November 2, found that 54 percent of respondents said the economy and jobs were the most important issue in deciding who to vote for, followed by health care and immigration, with 12 percent and 11 percent respectively.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE4A33W120081104?sp=true

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Immigration slips as major election issue in Eagle County
Economy, wars have become higher priorities for voters and candidates in Eagle County
By Dustin Racioppi
The Vail Daily (CO), November 3, 2008

Eagle County, CO -- It wasn’t that long ago when the hottest debate in the country — and in Eagle County, Colorado — revolved around immigration, with issues such as whether or not to build a fence along the borders, deport illegal aliens or tighten the country’s citizenship requirements.

Since Wall Street took a nosedive and the presidential race has heated up, that whole immigration topic seems like a distant memory to some people.

That doesn’t make it any less important, though, and it still strikes the nerves of locals when brought up.

“The fact that they (illegal immigrants) get more rights than we do isn’t cool,” said James Shippen, who works in the Eagle Valley. “They give them too much leeway.”

But Shippen’s flame quickly dies out when he turns his attention to other issues facing the country today, such as the economy.

“It’s not a hot-button issue anymore,” he said, both for himself and overall.
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http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20081103/NEWS/811039992/1078&ParentProf...

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India to open consulate in Seattle to serve growing immigrant community
The Seattle Times, November 4, 2008

With a rapidly expanding immigrant community in Washington state, India plans to open a consulate in Seattle sometime next year.

It would be the fifth foreign consulate in the state; the closest Indian consulate is in San Francisco.

The state's East Indian population — driven by an influx of workers in high-tech jobs — is now more than five times what it was in 1990, according to U.S. Census numbers.

Eighteen years ago 8,205 people in the state said they were of Indian ancestry.
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008347403_indiaconsulat...

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Illegal immigration final issue in NC guv's race
By Gary D. Robertson
The Associated Press, November 4, 2008

Raleigh, NC (AP) -- North Carolina's close campaign for governor between Beverly Perdue and Pat McCrory ended Monday the same way that it started - with allegations about illegal immigration.

Perdue, the Democratic nominee and lieutenant governor, said she had approved running 11th-hour radio ads to defend her record on illegal immigration after what she called several attacks. At least three mailers from the Republican Governors Association criticized her this fall on the issue, including one Perdue said was addressed to her husband, Bob Eaves.

"Finally when it came to my own house, my own mailbox, addressed to Bob, enough is enough," she said on the final stop of her last day of campaigning, a restaurant in Raleigh's fashionable Five Points district. "So we set the record straight."

The ads, copies of which were provided by McCrory's campaign, are sprinkled with Spanish phrases. The narrator in one ad accuses McCrory, Charlotte's mayor, of lying about Perdue's record and allowing illegal immigrants to work on big construction jobs in his city.

"It's time to say adios to Pat McCrory," the narrator says. A man in another ad says: "we'd be loco to vote for Pat McCrory."

McCrory campaign manager Richard Hudson called the ad "an outrageous, personal and racist attack."

"This is a despicable act of desperation by the lieutenant governor that marks a new low for North Carolina gubernatorial politics," he said.

Perdue spokesman David Kochman responded: "McCrory and his allies have been launching despicable race-baiting attacks against Bev Perdue since the beginning of the campaign."

McCrory's campaign talked up illegal immigration three days after he and Perdue won their respective primaries in May, accusing Perdue of supporting a policy that allows illegal immigrants to attend the state's community colleges.

But Perdue and McCrory both had said publicly that they had opposed the policy. A McCrory strategist said at the time that Perdue had failed to take action in her capacity as president of the state Senate or a member of the community college board to reverse the policy.

One mailer by the GOP governors group accused Perdue of "rolling out the red carpet for illegal immigrants" and supporting or voting for legislation that would have expanded benefits for them.
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http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/3885323/

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Immigration remains key issue in Neb. city race
The Associated Press, November 4, 2008

Fremont, NE (AP) -- The race for mayor in this eastern Nebraska city has drawn only one name to the ballot, but it's sparked plenty of discussion about illegal immigration.

Incumbent Mayor Skip Edwards has held the office since 1988. But his re-election bid is not without challenge.

Wesley Homes' is running as a write-in candidate. That means his name will not appear on the ballot.

Homes announced his bid after the City Council defeated an ordinance in July that would have banned renting to and hiring illegal immigrants.

Edwards cast the deciding vote against the ordinance. In the months since, he helped create a task force to examine the issue and possible solutions. That group is expected to announce its recommendations in coming weeks.
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http://www.ktiv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9288972