Fri 27 Jul 2007
One day last October, Jose Solorio was sorting through his mail at his home in Orange County when he came upon a letter written in Spanish that stunned him.
The mailer — which he later learned was sent to 14,000 other naturalized citizens with Latino surnames — warned immigrants who vote they are committing a crime punishable by jail time and deportation.
As a Santa Ana city councilman, former state Senate fellow and graduate of Harvard University’s School of Government, Solorio knew that isn’t true.