Immigration Politics: Latino group: Steve King leading on immigration would kill GOP 2012 chances

Latino Republicans add to the heat building up over the likely new chairs of the House Judiciary Committee and its Immigration subcommittee.

Latino group: Steve King leading on immigration would kill GOP 2012 chances | Iowa Independent: "Somos Republicans, a Latino group from the Southwest, wrote an open letter to the future House GOP leadership last week asking it to reconsider putting Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) in charge of the House subcommittee on immigration and Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) in charge of the House Judiciary Committee.

The group argues that King and Smith’s anti-illegal immigration rhetoric and policy ideas, which include a proposal to end birthright citizenship for the American-born children of illegal immigrants, would alienate Latino voters and ruin the Republican party’s chances of defeating President Obama in 2012." Nov. 15, 2010