There are few states where the growing political and economic clout of immigrants, children of immigrants, and Latinos is as apparent as Florida. Immigrants account for nearly one-in-five Floridians, and close to half of them are U.S. citizens eligible to vote. Latinos comprised roughly one-in-seven of the state’s voters in the 2008 elections, while immigrants and their children were one-in-seven of the state’s registered voters as of 2006. Latinos in Florida wield more than $100 billion in consumer purchasing power and, at last count, owned one out of every six businesses in the state. Immigrant and Latino workers and entrepreneurs are integral to Florida’s economy and tax base—and they are an electoral force with which every politician must reckon.