Cenk Uygur
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Latinos Don't Vote GOP, Hannity Suddenly Likes Immigration Reform
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November 10, 2012
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4:34Now Playing"The crucial role that Latino voters played in denying Mitt Romney and Republicans the presidency got the attention of many political observers -- and at least one hard-line opponent of immigration reform.
Radio and television hotspur Sean Hannity — who for years has spit the word "amnesty" like an epithet — declared Thursday that he has "evolved" and now supports creating a "pathway" to citizenship for those already in the country illegally.
"It's simple to me to fix it," Hannity said. "I think you control the border first. You create a pathway for those people that are here — you don't say you've got to go home. And that is a position that I've evolved on.
"Because, you know what, it's got to be resolved. The majority of people here, if some people have criminal records you can send them home; but if people are here, law-abiding, participating for years, their kids are born here, you know, first secure the border, pathway to citizenship, done."*
Sean Hannity has never been a supporter of immigration reform or amnesty. Now that Latino-American voters have shown they can't be ignored, he's changing his tune (albeit in a questionably racist kind of way). Cenk Uygur, Michael Shure (Political correspondent for TYT, Current TV), and John Iadarola (Host, TYT University) discuss.
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