NEW YORK, NY December 10, 2007 —Republican presidential candidates met in Miami last night for the campaign's first Spanish language debate. Florida's Latino community could be pivotal in both the primary and general elections, and a recent Pew poll shows that group drifting from the GOP as it increases its anti-immigrant rhetoric. With us to discuss how the Republicans navigated the issue is Pilar Marrero, a reporter with La Opinion in LA.

Pilar Marrero is a reporter with La Opinion in LA. She joins us as part of our occasional series, Feet in Two Worlds.

Feet In Two Worlds is produced in cooperation with the Center for New York City Affairs at The New School, linking public radio and ethnic media and reporting on immigrant communities.