'Dream Act' Advocates Accuse Christie of Reneging on Promise

Gov. Chris Christie did something few Republicans have been able to do in recent years when he sailed to re-election earlier this month: He won a majority of the state’s Latino vote.

Exit polls conducted by the state’s major polling agencies showed that Christie won 51 percent of the Latino vote, up from 32 percent in 2009. That is contrast with the 27 percent of the Latino vote won by Mitt Romney during his presidential run in 2012.

That’s why some in the immigrant community were shocked when Christie announced during a call-in radio show on Monday that he planned to veto legislation allowing immigrant students to qualify for in-state tuition, regardless of their immigration status. The legislation has been one of the top priorities over the last decade for Latino groups in the state and advocates say the governor’s announced support for tuition equality was one of the primary reasons he did so well among Latino voters.

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