Latinos Join the Electoral Land Grab

The Wall Street Journal reports:

Emboldened by their booming population, Hispanics are pushing for a bigger swath of the legislative map that will shape Congress for years to come—and running up against the peculiar politics of redistricting.

Latinos are out to change the once-a-decade redrawing of the map to boost their voting power as immigration, education, unemployment and other issues they care about rise to the top of the national agenda.