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The UCLA Voting Rights Project is a project of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs aimed at creating an accessible and equitable system of voting for all Americans through impact litigation, research, and clinical education to expand access to the ballot box.

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Trump’s Latino Support Was More Widespread Than Thought, Report Finds

All told, close to 17 million Latino voters turned out in the general election, according to a separate analysis published in January by the U.C.L.A. Latino Policy & Politics Institute. That represented an uptick of more than 30 percent from 2016 — and the highest level of Latino participation in history.

Read More | April 7, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Arts & Culture

Her crazy driving is a key element of Cruella de Vil’s evil. Here’s why.

UCLA LPPI Expert Dr. Genevieve Carpio writes an opinion piece in The Washington Post describing the history of the Crazy Woman Driver trope. Dr. Carpio explains how it serves to undermine women’s push for social and political equality, shining a light on Latina drivers cast as deviant.

Read More | April 7, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Immigrant Rights

Now rescinded, Trump-era ‘public charge’ policy may still harm immigrants’ health

“The pandemic has revealed that our collective public health is dependent on robust access to quality care, especially for our nation’s most vulnerable and diverse immigrant communities who are on the front lines of COVID-19,” said Sonja Diaz, founding director of the Latino Policy and Politics Institute. “Yet the motivation behind the Trump administration’s public charge…

Read More | April 7, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Immigrant Rights

Their Lawsuit Prevented 400,000 Deportations. Now It’s Biden’s Call.

In a 2006 paper about the “liminal legality” of T.P.S. holders, the U.C.L.A. sociologist Cecilia Menjívar explains that “the process itself is fraught with anxiety — especially around expiration and renewal time — because any wrong step, missed deadline, lack of information or an error on a form may result in denial and deportation.”

Read More | April 7, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

Extra Edition – Repeat – “Language in the Trump Era.” Also, Covid Ravaging Latinos.

Dr. David Hayes-Bautista appears on an episode of Radio Bilingue where he discusses the pandemic’s disproportionate impact on the Latino community.

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