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UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute is committed to shaping a new narrative so that Latinos are meaningfully considered in all policymaking conversations.
The study prepared by the Latino Policy & Politics Institute (LPPI) considers that of the nearly 400,000 immigrants benefiting from TPS, “more than 70% have lived here for more than 20 years and approximately two-thirds have children born in the United States.”
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“At a time when immigrants have played a key role in maintaining the economy as essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to understand what is at stake when safeguards such as Temporary Protected Status are removed.” Sonja Diaz said.
TDP attorney Chad Dunn said in a press conference Monday, “The constitutional text is crystal clear. There’s an unbroken line of cases going back for decades saying that you cannot give different voting rights to people based on age.”
“Data validated by political scientist Matt Barreto of the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute shows there was a 12.75 percent increase in voter turnout among low propensity voters in this year’s presidential primary.”
Up until the last few decades, “you had to go out of your way to learn about your right to vote if you were a farmworker or Spanish speaker anywhere in rural California,” said Matt Barreto, a professor at UCLA and co-founder of the polling firm Latino Decisions. “No one was affirmatively trying to incorporate you.”
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