Shift in illegal-immigrant policy
Shift in illegal-immigrant policy
- January 9, 2012
- Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies and political science professor, is quoted in the Arizona Republic, Tucson Citizen, AZ Central and Jornal.us News Agency January 6, 2012
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From the Arizona Republic:
A December survey by the Pew Hispanic Center, a think tank in Washington, D.C., indicated
that a majority of Latinos disapprove of the deportations. Still, the same survey
said that Obama enjoys a wide lead among Latino voters when matched against potential
Republican presidential candidates. Louis DeSipio, a political-science professor at
the University of California, Irvine, said allowing illegal immigrants to remain in
the U.S. while they apply for hardship waivers could boost Obama's standing with Latinos.
"It gives the administration, or the candidate Obama, a message to share with Latino
communities when he campaigns," DeSipio said. "I don't think his message will be solely
one of immigration but will fit immigration into a larger story about how the Democrats
will offer more to Latinos than Republicans. And I think that total message will actually
work pretty well in Latino communities. But this is just a piece of that story."
For the full story, please visit http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2012/01/06/201201....
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