GOP altered immigration message in Spanish response to Obama’s speech

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The Republicans’ Spanish-language response to President Obama’s State of the Union offered a starkly different message on immigration than the English-language one, and included a message that says the GOP supports finding a “permanent and human solution” to immigrants who “live in the shadows.”

The English-language response to Obama’s speech was delivered by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, and the Spanish-language response was delivered by Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla.

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