New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has been taking a lot of heat lately from opponents in the Democratic Party, accusing him of reneging on campaign promises made to the Latino community, a community which supported his reelection by a 51-percent margin.

The dust flew a few weeks back when Christie announced that he would not support a DREAM Act bill for New Jersey as it was presented by the state senate.

But one prominent Latino has stood up to the Democrats and is standing by Christie in the midst of this localized political firestorm.

Martin Perez is the first Latino to serve on the Board of Governors at Rutgers, and was appointed by Christie to that position. He claims that the Democrats are trying to squeeze through provisions in the legislation that were not a part of the discussion on the matter before pencil was put to paper on the issue and says the Democrats, not Christie, are threatening to destroy the DREAM Act in New Jersey.

"This is because the issue has been clouded by the attachment to the bill of a financial aid provision that never before appeared in the any of the predecessor bills, going back through each and every legislative session since 2003," Perez wrote in an opinion piece published by PolitickerNJ.

"It warms Latino hearts to hear the Senate President champion the in-state tuition cause. But unless he delivers the bills' passage and enactment, Latinos will have no choice but to conclude the financial aid component was an insincere effort meant to kill the bill."

But Christie's opponents have been unwavering in their campaign to paint Christie as having betrayed the Hispanic community. A recent Internet ad was released trying to tie Christie to the controversial remarks of Iowa Republican Re. Steve King.

"Christie's been bragging around all over talking about how he got however much percent it was support among Latinos, implying that could last nationally, too," Chris Harris, a spokesperson for the Washington-based American Bridge 21st Century PAC which produced the ad, said to the Star-Ledger. "But I think that's naïve and overly optimistic of him when you juxtapose what he's doing now that he's been reelected with what he said just a couple weeks before."