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Mail-in ballots remain popular across California

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute expert, Matt Barreto says, “One-hundred-ninety-eight people could have died after mailing their ballot, 222 people could have forgotten they had voted three weeks ago and sent in a second vote. The system catches all these things, as it is supposed to.”

Read More | October 30, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Immigrant Rights

Death, debt, and degradation: Trump’s border wall after four years

“The most devastating effect will undoubtedly be the increasing of migrant deaths as they get pushed further and further into dangerous deserts and isolated mountain areas,” says Chris Zepeda-Millán, a University of California, Los Angeles professor who co-authored Walls, Cages, and Family Separation: Race and Immigration Policy in the Trump Era. “That’s literally our stated policy.”

Read More | October 30, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Inequality & Poverty

Californians, Vote Yes on Prop 16

David Hayes-Bautista, a UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute expert, attributes the shortfall of Latino physicians to Proposition 209, which substantially cut the number of Latino U.C. medical school graduates. During the pandemic, as Spanish-speaking Latino patients have been sickened at high rates, they have also sometimes struggled to find physicians who can communicate with…

Read More | October 30, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

How COVID-19 Is Influencing Voters’ Ballots: ‘This Administration Changed Our Ways’

“Poll after poll is showing that the Latino voter cares a lot about health, the economy and most importantly COVID-19,” said Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas, director of research at the Latino Policy and Politics Institute at UCLA.

Read More | October 30, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Latinos and the Vote

In this podcast, produced by the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture, Sonja Diaz, the Executive Director of the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute, speaks about the Latino vote in 2020. “One of the ways to engage in politics is through the ballot. It’s really important for people in California, who may…

Read More | October 30, 2020

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