Hispanics gave you victories in Nevada (5), Colorado (9), New Mexico (5), and California (55) for a total of 74 electoral votes.

In 2012, the probability you will carry Arizona is high and will give you a total of 84 votes in the 5 state New West region.

In 2008, McCain carried Arizona (10) as the favorite son receiving 1,012,878 votes (54%) and giving you 851,589 votes (45%).

Had McCain not been a favorite son, it is probable you would have picked up Arizona considering the polls leading up to November 4 indicated you were becoming competitive with McCain.

The U.S. Constitution

Another urgent concern is cities and states continue to attempt to approve ordinances and laws depriving the undocumented rights granted in the U.S. Constitution with the most recent being a controversial proposed ordinance in Fremont, Nebraska. This week, the county clerk certified enough petition signatures had been collected to put the ordinance on the ballot via special election but the city has asked a court to rule the ordinance is unconstitutional and can't go before voters.

ICE

ICE raids across the USA have wreck havoc on Hispanic families primarily American Hispanic children born in the United States.

Delay in ICE Raids May Signal Policy Change

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has delayed a series of proposed immigration raids and other enforcement actions at U.S. workplaces in recent weeks, asking agents in her department to apply more scrutiny to the selection and investigation of targets as well as the timing of raids, federal officials said.

A senior department official said the delays signal a pending change in whom agents at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement choose to prosecute — increasing the focus on businesses and executives instead of ordinary workers.

"ICE is now scrutinizing these cases more thoroughly to ensure targets are being taken down when they should be taken down, and the employer is being targeted and the surveillance and the investigation is being done how it should be done," said the official, discussing Napolitano's views about sensitive law enforcement matters on the condition of anonymity.

"There will be a change in policy, but in the interim, you've got to scrutinize the cases coming up," the senior DHS official said, noting Napolitano's expectations as a former federal prosecutor and state attorney general.

Another DHS official said Napolitano plans to release protocols this week to ensure more consistent work-site investigations and less "haphazard" decision-making.

Napolitano's moves have led some to question your commitment to work-site raids, which were a signature of Bush administration efforts to combat illegal immigration. Napolitano has highlighted other priorities, such as combating Mexican drug cartels and catching dangerous criminals who are illegal immigrants.

Napolitano's moves foreshadow the difficult political decisions your administration faces as it decides whether to continue mass arrests of illegal immigrant workers in sweeps of meatpackers, construction firms, defense contractors and other employers.

Critics say workplace and neighborhood sweeps are harsh and indiscriminate, and they accuse the government of racial profiling, violating due process rights and committing other humanitarian abuses.

The raids have enraged Hispanic community and religious leaders, immigrant advocates and civil liberties groups important to the Democratic base, who have stepped up pressure on you to stop them.

At a rally last week in Chicago, Cardinal Francis George, head of the archdiocese of your home city, called on the government "to end immigration raids and the separation of families" and support an overhaul of immigration law. "Reform would be a clear sign this administration is truly about change," George said.

Also last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus made similar calls as the caucus met formally with you for the first time.

"Raids that break up families in that way, just kick in the door in the middle of the night, taking a father, a parent away, that's just not the American way. It must stop," Pelosi added at a Capitol Hill conference on border issues sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

But you also face pressure from conservative lawmakers and many centrist Democrats, who say workplace enforcement is needed to reduce the supply of jobs that attract illegal immigrants, and that any retreat in defending American jobs in a recession could ignite a populist backlash. 

Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, which seeks to reduce immigration, said your aides are trying to manage the issue until an economic turnaround permits an attempt to overhaul immigration laws.

"I think their calculus is, how do they keep Hispanic groups happy enough without angering the broader public so much they sabotage health care and their other priorities?" Krikorian said.

Ali Noorani, executive director of the National Immigration Forum, an immigrant advocacy group, said to the contrary, groups such as his support your focus on going after bad employers and criminal illegal immigrants first — or as he put it, prioritizing "drug smugglers, not window washers."

Another urgent concern is caused by Mexican drug cartels which have a severe adverse impact on the undocumented and their Hispanic American families.

The scale and spread of violence caused by the Mexican drug cartels make it more important than ever we not only secure the border but learn the identities and backgrounds of the 20 million undocumented workers living throughout our country. Nobody wants blanket amnesty.

Rather, it is about cracking down on border security and drug smuggling that exploit and do harm to all living in the United States including American Hispanics and undocumented Hispanics. Border security and bringing an end to drug smuggling must be combined with a total overhaul of America’s immigration laws. Providing a path to citizenship for those who can establish their identities, pass a background check and pay their back taxes is the best way to concentrate our efforts on those who are here for crime, not jobs — and reduce the pervasive atmosphere of prejudice and suspicion that now surrounds every job applicant with an accent or, in some cases, just an Hispanic surname like — Garrido.

It will be a difficult and an uphill road with lots of sharp curves, but for those that oppose immigration reform now, there’s no alternative. The path they’re on leads right over a cliff.

Your turn to deliver on campaign promises

American Hispanics delivered in 2008 and now it is your turn to deliver on campaign promises.

There is an urgency for American Hispanics and to date, this urgency has not been considered by your administration.

In fact, your appointment of Janet Napolitano is a slap in the face at the Hispanic community.

Never the less, Hispanic News endorsed your candidacy and continues to believe you may become one of America's greatest Presidents but not without the support of American Hispanics who require Comprehensive Immigration Reform become an urgent priority of your Administration.

Our urgency needs to become your urgency.

The movement of increased Hispanic American voting can significantly increase in 2010 and future elections but only if Hispanics become a priority!

American Hispanics require Comprehensive Immigration Reform Now not next year!

― Jon Garrido