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U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Illinois, urges Latinos in Minneapolis to go to the polls next month despite frustrations about delayed immigration reform. Tim Pugmire/MPR News

One of the nations leading advocates for immigration reform was in Minneapolis today, urging Latino voters to make their voices heard on Nov. 4.

U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Illinois, was the keynote speaker at a fundraising event organized by the group Unidos Votamos.

Gutierrez acknowledged that many Latino voters might be discouraged after President Obamas decision to delay executive action on immigration reform until after the election. But he said that cant be a reason to stay away from the polls.

Im disappointed. Im heartbroken that the President of the United States decided to put politics ahead of good public policy, Gutierrez said. But heres what I know and I am confident of: that people need to participate in this electoral process .

Gutierrez, whos a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, said he believes the president will announce broad and generous immigration reforms by the end of the year.

U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minneapolis, had a similar message. He told the group to keep fighting for immigration reform.

Dont tell me youre not going to vote because youre frustrated, Ellison said. Tell me how many more people youre going to reach out to.

Unidos Votamos is a political organization formed in 2011 to increase Latino voter turnout and support the election of candidates advancing Latino issues. The group is officially nonpartisan, but it works closely with many Democrats.

Founding member Luz Maria Frias said there is concern this year that Latino voters are feeling discouraged by Washingtons inaction on immigration reform.

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Why Obama may punt on executive action on immigration, even after the election - Christian Science Monitor Last month, President Obama indicated there would be some sort of executive action on immigration after midterm elections. Since then, "the underlying assumption has been that we would indeed see some kind of action from the president after the election, perhaps during the lame-duck period before the new Congress takes office." But some pundits think that depending on the outcome, he may wait longer.

White House doubts shutdown fight over immigration reform - The Hill From the story: "The White House would be 'surprised' if congressional Republicans link efforts to block any forthcoming executive actions on immigration to future budget or debt ceiling measures, press secretary Josh Earnest said Wednesday. 'I don't think that there are many analysts that believe that the political standing of the Republican Party was enhanced by shutting down the government,' Earnest said."

For immigrant children, fate in U.S. a roll of the dice - CNN Whether or not recently-arrived migrant kids from Central America get to remain legally in the U.S. "largely hinges on two factors that often are beyond their control whether they have a lawyer and which of several dozen immigration judges nationwide happen to hear their case. Whether young immigrants get a lawyer often a matter of luck. And immigration judges often make wildly different decisions after weighing similar facts."

How a judge decides detained immigrants future from 1,700 miles away - Washington Post On the complications that arise as immigration hearings are conducted long-distance by video conference. From one Salvadoran family's hearing: "Immigration Judge QuynhBain keeps having to interrupt the witness to ask her to slow down her account of the night that some Mara-18 gang members ran her off the road in her hometown in El Salvador. 'Please remember,' the judge tells her through an interpreter, 'that one of us doesnt speak Spanish.'

Immigrant keeps suicide watch over fellow refugees from Bhutan - Los Angeles Times Since 2010, 33-year-old Som Subedi has attended to Portland's Bhutanese immigrants. From the story: "He meets them at the airport, giving them a $100 bill, telling them: 'Here, this is to get you started. But remember, money doesn't grow on trees.' He helps them find shelter and introduces them to other Bhutanese to alleviate the shock of a new homeland."

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Editor's note: NCR readers interested in immigration reform and voting rights will no doubt find this article about the race for the secretary of state in Kansas well worth the read. The incumbent secretary of state, Republican Kris Kobach, faces stiff competition from Democrat challenger Jean Schodorf, in part because Kobach has made a national name for himself as a consultant to state legislatures thathave tightened anti-immigration laws, like Alabama and Arizona, and multiple other states that have recently enacted legislation that demands proof of citizenship before a person can vote. NCR brings this story to you with the cooperation of NPR affiliate KCUR in Kansas City, Mo.

Americans saw how important a state elections officer can be in 2000, when Florida Secretary of State Kathryn Harris certified the presidential election for George Bush.

Recently, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach intervened in a contentious race that could alter the balance of power in the U.S. Senate.

Kobach is known nationwide as a conservative Republican in a deeply red state. But this year, he is struggling to win re-election.

To see him meeting with half a dozen supporters in a bar just off Metcalf Avenue in Overland Park, you might not think Kris Kobach had come all that far from his childhood in Topeka, where his dad owned a Buick dealership.

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But this smiling, enthusiastic guy holds degrees from Harvard, Oxford and Yale, and he's a stalwart of the anti-immigration movement nationwide.

"I have been involved in restoring the rule of law in immigration," Kobach said. "That means trying to stop the lawlessness in the Obama administration, and that also means defending states like Arizona."

Arizona enacted the strictest immigration law in the country four years ago. It compelled police officers to check the immigration status of anyone they thought may be in the country illegally. Kobach not only wrote the statue, he defended it before the U.S. Supreme Court.

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