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<p>TAMPA, Fla. -- President Bush swept into the state that decided the 2000 presidential election by a razor-thin majority to talk about the economy with Hispanics, the voting bloc that many campaign strategists say might decide this year's presidential race.</p>

The Carranza family, like many Latino immigrants, found its way into the American middle class by leaving the Golden State. By Daryl Kelley and Carlos Chavez, Times Staff Writers ROGERS, Ark. — The winter chill is biting. But Rogelio Carranza, his brother and son are out early, hammering two-by-fours together in a house-raising they expect to finish this month, and celebrate with a sweet toast of sugared coffee. They are working on one of six houses and mobile homes here owned by six Carranza brothers and their families. It's a long way from 1993, when the brothers crowded everyone into...

ROGERS, Ark. — The winter chill is biting. But Rogelio Carranza, his brother and son are out early, hammering two-by-fours together in a house-raising they expect to finish this month, and celebrate with a sweet toast of sugared coffee. They are working on one of six houses and mobile homes here owned by six Carranza brothers and their families. It's a long way from 1993, when the brothers crowded everyone into a three-bedroom home in Oxnard. An electrical cord overheated and burned down the house, putting 43 Carranzas on the street. Living along a rutted dirt road outside this Arkansas...

Democrats' Effort To Derail Estrada Hits Sour Note With Sylvia, Raphael – and Millions of Hispanic Americans Like Them Folks, we had quite an occurrence on the phone lines Thursday – an outpouring of outrage from Hispanics across America who have had it with the Democratic Party. Their behavior in obstructing the Miguel Estrada nomination – the first Hispanic nominee to the nation's second highest court - is the last straw. As evidenced by our phone call from Sylvia in Wisconsin, an Hispanic Democrat, the people of this country are seeing what the Democrats are doing, and it's outraging them....