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Trump, Miller Think Road to 2022 Victory Is Immigration, Democrats See It as a Failed Playbook

“There’s going to be a recovery bill passed, it’s not going to be a trade-off with immigrants,” said former Biden campaign pollster Matt Barreto. “Everyone will be included in the recovery plan, which is the bill we needed nine months ago, and Biden and Democrats are finally going to deliver. It defies logic that some…

Read More | March 10, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Criminal Justice

Gascón Challenges Whiteness of Board

Historian, author, and McArthur Genius grantee Kelly Lytle Hernandez unmasks the history of racialized policing in Los Angeles in her award-winning book, “City of Inmates” and the project she leads at UCLA, “Million Dollar Hoods“.

Read More | March 10, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Immigrant Rights

Want to jumpstart economic recovery? Fuse COVID-19 relief and immigration reform

Large numbers of these essential workers are also undocumented immigrants. Over 78 percent of immigrants without legal status work in these fields, according to a report by UCLA’s Latino Policy and Politics Institute.

Read More | March 10, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Democrats Need to Reach Out to Hispanic Voters Early, Researcher Says

“We don’t want that funding to come in the last month before the election,” said Matt Barreto. “One of the lessons was that wasn’t useful. We need that funding to come in much earlier to build up local structures, to build up party committees. “Those need to be Latino-led. If you want to earn the…

Read More | March 10, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Sonja Diaz in San Francisco Chronicle: “Time is Gavin Newsom’s friend when it comes to the recall”

Read Publication “If we preserve our workforce, California’s businesses will have the labor to recover, and that’s important for the world’s fifth-largest economy,” said Sonja Diaz, one of 70 Latino leaders who wrote a letter to Newsom asking for a more equitable distribution policy. “The better California does in saving lives and opening schools, the higher the public…

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