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Diverse communities are transforming Florida

In honor of Black History Month, and drawing on oral histories, a collaborative webinar jointly hosted by the Proctor Program and the University of California at Los Angeles’ Latino Policy and Politics Institute will explore these and other topics. Titled “The Florida Paradox: How Diverse Communities are Transforming the Sunshine State,” we will explore recent…

Read More | February 22, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Immigrant Rights

Column: The California roots of the fight over the term ‘illegal alien’

UCLA LPPI expert Otto Santa Ana featured in the LA times discussing the term “illegal alien”. “Using it “became a very easy argument of double attack,” said Santa Ana. “’Illegal’ forecloses any other consideration of the status of the individual. ‘Alien’ is an ancient term from English common law. Together, the words don’t allow any…

Read More | February 22, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Immigrant Rights

How roadmap to citizenship would affect unauthorized immigrants and the economy

According to Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas, director of research at the Latino Policy & Politics Institute at UCLA, “There is a 35% income gap between documented and undocumented immigrants,” he said. “So we refer to this as the undocumented wage penalty.” That wage penalty, he added, doesn’t just lead to hardship for individuals. It also translates into…

Read More | February 22, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Think California’s electorate is a liberal monolith? Think again

LPPI Director of Research Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas highlights a report released by the by the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute and the UCLA Asian American Studies Center Their report, released today, offers a comprehensive look at how both race and geography influenced voter support for 2020 ballot measures dealing with affirmative action, rent control, employee…

Read More | February 22, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

Multigenerational households wait for vaccine as California releases demographics of distribution

“55% of California’s essential workforce identifies as Latino,” said founding director of UCLA’s Latino Policy and Politics Institute, Sonja Diaz. “When we think about who our workers are right now and the fact that they’re on the frontline, saving American lives, we know that they’re not over the age of 65, and they deserve access…

Read More | February 22, 2021

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