Thanks, Donnie.
In California, more than 850,000 people registered to vote between January 1 and March 31. That’s twice as much when compared to the same period in 2012, another presidential election year, according to Political Data, a company that provides political data to campaigns.
This growth is largely Latino and Democrat, according to the company....
“It’s history repeating itself,” said Luz Gallegos, community programs director at TODEC Legal Center, remembering the influx of citizenship interest when Republican Pete Wilson was governor.
Prop. 187, a 1994 law championed by Wilson would have barred immigrants who came here illegally from services, including public education and non-emergency health care. Although it was never enacted, Latinos were energized by the battle against it.
“I'm afraid Republicans seem to have forgotten about the Pete Wilson effect – that is, what happens when someone scapegoats and alienates large portions of the population by proposing extreme positions on immigration that divide families and hurt our economy,” said Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Los Angeles, during a Democratic Party conference call Wednesday, April 27.
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