Four years ago, President Obama promised immigration reform in his first year, but he never delivered. This time around, the Latino vote - so crucial to Obama's chances for re-election - seemed to be fading.
Democrats weren't afraid that Latinos would vote for GOP nominee Mitt Romney. They were worried Latinos wouldn't vote at all.
Those worries are starting to dissipate, Latinos at the Democratic National Convention said this week, particularly since Obama signed an executive order in June that would defer deportation for young people who entered the United States illegally as children, if they met requirements.
The move would affect an estimated 1.7 million people, roughly a quarter of whom live in California. Still, some Latino leaders wonder if Obama's move was too little too late.
"It depends on how much work we do," said pioneering farmworkers organizer Dolores Huerta, a delegate from Bakersfield. "But it's looking up a little." READ MORE
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