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NEW AND EXTENDED INTERVIEWS Over 150 interviews were conducted during the course of writing this book. Given space restrictions, only small portions of each could be used. So, thank goodness for the wide open spaces of the Internet! Here are more excerpts from what these interesting individuals had to say. U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX): Rep. Cuellar considers himself a conservative Democrat, which may be part of the reason he recently fended off a left-wing primary challenge. It was a privilege to get this interview, and I especially admire his commitment to education. View Interview Ken Mehlman: As the former chairman of the Republican National Committee from 2005 to 2007, Mehlman spoke often about the GOP’s need to build Republican support within the Hispanic community. View Interview Marcus Witt: As the Spanish-language pastor at Lakewood Church in Houston, this Latin Grammy-award winning artist is an inspiration to the growing Latino community. He has recently penned a new book “How to Overcome Fear and Live Your Life to the Fullest.” View Interview					Michael Barone, senior writer for U.S. News & World Report and principal coauthor of The Almanac of American Politics. What of larger solution to address Hispanic immigrants entering the U.S.? "I'm not going to live long enough to see it. We'll have diminishing immigration from Latin America because Latin American will advance to a point where it's not going to donate that many immigrants. France never did. Britain quit donating many immigrants. It will taper off at some point. The big reservoirs of potential immigration are Asia and Africa. We're getting Africans. I think that and I think they'll be a greater degree of assimilation.

Marcus Witt: As the Spanish-language pastor at Lakewood Church in Houston, this Latin Grammy-award winning artist is an inspiration to the growing Latino community. He has recently penned a new book “How to Overcome Fear and Live Your Life to the Fullest.”