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Reporting on Sotomayor, "identity politics," and "the immigration debate," Fox shows video of apparent immigrants in detention

May 29, 2009 7:38 pm ET

From the May 29 edition of Special Report:

WENDELL: Many observers saw President Obama's election as a validation of a post-racial campaign, and they see identity politics in Sotomayor's nomination -- an appeal to Hispanic voters, many of whom turned against Republicans in the immigration debate. But [Linda] Chavez, whose group doesn't support Sotomayor, says the Hispanic community doesn't march in lock-step.

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