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“While there is incredible consensus on national priorities, with Covid-19 dominating all voters, there is also clear racial polarization in the electorate,” said Gary Segura, analyst at Latino Decisions.

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

David Hayes-Bautista in USA Today: “California Latinos ‘Multiple’ Times More Likely to die Than Whites”

“What was astounding was that in every age group, the Latino death rate was multiple times higher than white – multiple,” said Dr. David Hayes-Bautista. “Given that we see basically on both ends of the country – California and New York – fairly similar patterns, I would right now be very comfortable generalizing it out to … Continued

Read More | April 9, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Immigrant Rights

Cecilia Menjívar in Mother Jones: “What We Should Talk About When We Talk About Root Causes of Migration”

Cecilia Menjívar, a professor of sociology at UCLA points out that the conversation around “root causes of migration” often ignores the key role the United States has historically played in creating and perpetuating some of these very drivers of migration it now is attempting to mitigate. “You can’t leave that part out,” she says.

Read More | April 9, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Will Arizona follow Georgia on voting restrictions‪?‬

“All of these voter suppression bills are coming at a time, and in jurisdictions, where we saw growth in the electorate, particularly amongst Latino voters,” says Sonja Diaz.

Read More | April 9, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

California Latinos of all age groups ‘multiple’ times more likely to die from COVID-19 than whites, UCLA study finds

“What was astounding was that in every age group, the Latino death rate was multiple times higher than white – multiple,” said David Hayes-Bautista, UCLA professor of public health and medicine and lead author of the study. The death disparities, he said, have “shown a glaring spotlight” on a long history of barriers to health care.

Read More | April 9, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Immigrant Rights

These ‘political orphans’ deserve help

Cecilia Menjivar of UCLA says, “It amounts to a social death in many ways” on the precarious immigration status of many TPS recipients.

Read More | April 9, 2021

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