Democratic runners woo Hispanics on immigration

Democratic candidates for US president stand on stage before the Univision Democratic Candidate forum at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, on Sunday. From left are: Illinois Senator Barack Obama, New York Senator Hillary Clinton, former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel, former North Carolina Senator John Edwards, Ohio House Representative Dennis Kuciinich, Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson.Reuters

All the 2008 Democratic presidential contenders at a debate broadcast in Spanish on Univision, the country's largest Spanish-language television network, said they would push quickly once in the White House for a comprehensive overhaul of immigration laws.

Most of the candidates condemned what they said were Republican efforts to demonize illegal immigrants and use the issue of immigration to divide Americans.