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Matt Barreto & Sonja Diaz in Committee on House Administration: “Voting In America: The Potential For Voter ID Laws, Proof-Of-Citizenship Laws, And Lack Of Multi-Lingual Support To Interfere With Free And Fair Access To The Ballot”

Chairman Butterfield released a staff report, Voting in America: Ensuring Free and Fair Access to the Ballot that draws on testimonies from LPPI experts Matt Barreto and Sonja Diaz.

Sonja Diaz in NBC News: “What will new census data show about Latino growth?”

With the expectation of an increased Hispanic population, “we want to ensure, through data and advocacy, that Latino political power does not decrease in the 2021 redistricting cycle,” said Sonja Diaz, founding executive director of the Latino Policy and Politics Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Arturo Vargas in The Hill: “Latino voters: ‘Do we have your attention now?'”

“Imagine a nation where candidates and parties approached winning over Latino voters the same way they did white voters. Picture the nuanced and tailored messages to different factions within the community. Now think about how campaigns historically have engaged Latinos…”

Eric Avila in Los Angeles Times: “Op-Ed: Here’s why East Los Angeles’ bid for independence could succeed this time”

East Los Angeles has long been the neglected stepchild of urban development in Southern California. Its list of grievances is lengthy, and if history is any guide, it will continue to push for cityhood until its long-standing dream of independence is realized.

Amada Armenia in Los Angeles Times: “Thousands of Border Patrol agents and officers to soon begin wearing cameras”

“It’ll be very easy for agents to claim that they forgot to turn on their cameras,” said Amada Armenta, a UCLA assistant professor of urban planning who specializes in immigration enforcement, adding that it will be hard for migrants and others to counter officers who asserted they mistakenly forgot to turn on the cameras.

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