New Bedford Immigrants Assistance Center President Helena DaSilva Hughes says citizenship applications have increased over 300 percent in the past two years.
is not a person, it is actually the republican national committee. were you always involved in politics? no, actually, i was never involved in politics. until recently. so are you saying this center, the creation of this center sort of inspired you to get more involved in politics. yes, it did. this is an hispanic outreach center, one of 37 minority outreach centers that the rnc has opened across the country in the last year and a half. focused on black, asian, and native american voters, along with 21 locations geared toward hispanic voters alone. courting them with events and movie night, and even free citizenship classes. we re engaging with the first community more than ever. reporter: all part of a multi-million dollar strategy by the rnc to shift the margin among nonwhite voters just enough. why did you all decide as a party to invest in these brick and mortar sites, instead of for example putting that money in social media and television and
surprises at the polls. reporter: just outside of atlanta, david martinez is all dressed up for a neighborhood event. but the organizer for this local get together isn t a person, it s the republican national committee. were you always involved in politics? no, actually, i was never involved in politics until recently. reporter: so are you saying this center inspired you to get more involved in politics? yes, it did. reporter: this is the hispanic outreach center. one of 37 minority centers that the rnc has opened across the country in the last year and a half focused on black, asian and native american voters along with 21 locations geared toward hispanic voters alone. courting them with free family events, movie nights, even free citizenship classes. it s all part of a multimillion dollar strategy by the rnc to