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Matt Barreto in Tampa Bay Times: “As extremes shape voter ID debate, the rules keep getting stricter”

A team led by Matt Barreto, a UCLA political scientist who conducts polling for the Democratic National Committee and the White House, examined election surveys between 2008 and 2014 in which eligible voters were asked whether they had access to an ID. Collectively, the surveys found that whites were the most likely to have a…

Kelly Lytle Hernandez in The Bulletin: “Federal judge in illegal reentry case suggests Congress ‘disavow’ past racism in immigration laws”

The judge quoted Kelly Lytle Hernandez, a history professor at UCLA, who testified that Congress designed much of its immigration policy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries “to filter out undesirable immigrants.”

Eric Avila in Los Angeles Times: “Opinion: The far right became a little more fascist this week. Did you notice?”

“East Los Angeles has long been the neglected stepchild of urban development in Southern California,” writes UCLA professor Eric Avila. “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.

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.

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