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By immigrationprof

Hispanic voters irked by the Republican hard line on immigration policy turned out in force and helped Democrats win in U.S. congressional elections, according to exit polls and analysts.

Democrats won control of the U.S. House of Representatives in Tuesday’s elections, and clinched control of the Senate by a 51-49 majority when a final race was decided on Thursday.

Exit polls showed more than two-thirds of Hispanics voted for Democrats in House races, while just 27 percent voted for Republicans.

Latino activists said many were revved up to support Democrats by a GOP pledge to crack down on undocumented immigration and build stretches of wall along the Mexico border. Click here.

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