Today’s Videos: Ads on the “I-word”

Immigration has been a seemingly taboo and ignored subject during the presidential debates. Yet that hasn’t stopped the candidates from issuing negative attack ads on that topic.

Republican presidential candidate John McCain issued a Spanish-language ad last week blaming the Democrats for torpedoing an immigration reform proposal last year:

The reality is not as clear cut as the ad claims; as we noted, politicians on both sides of the aisle proposed all sorts of amendments which effectively killed the bill.

For their part, the Obama campaign issued their own ad attacking McCain and the GOP including the claim that he “caved to the anti-immigrant crowd”:

Much like the aforementioned McCain ad, the piece from the Democrats leaves out vital information; for example, since taking control of Congress the Democrats have virtually ignored the subject of immigration reform and have irresponsibly allowed the fractured status quo to continue.

Both ads are running in key battleground states with a sizeable Latino electorate such as Colorado and New Mexico.

Sources- The Latin Americanist, Colorado Independent, The Trial, The Caucus, brightcove.com, YouTube