On caucus eve, Clinton’s allies warn Nevada Latinos to beware of Bernie Sanders

“He was a spoiler on the immigration bill and he’s a spoiler in this campaign,” Huerta said.

Earlier in the day, Huerta published an editorial online warning: “On Immigration, Bernie Sanders is Not Who He Says He Is.”

The Vermont senator’s 2007 vote against the comprehensive immigration reform bill has become an increasingly loud refrain from Clinton’s Latino surrogates in the week before the Nevada caucuses. Sanders explains the vote by saying he opposed guest worker provision in the legislation that was akin to “slavery.”

Fearing a loss to Sanders in Nevada, Clinton and her surrogates have blasted out a warning to Latinos, urging them not to trust Sanders on immigration. But the recent arrival of this message may have come too late.