For immigrants' rights activists, the battle continues
For immigrants' rights activists, the battle continues
- June 17, 2012
- Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies and political science associate professor, is quoted in the Los Angeles Times and St. Augustine Record June 17, 2012
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From the LA Times:
Despite the immigrant rights movement's most enduring disappointment - the failure
to win an immigration system overhaul that would include legalization for most illegal
immigrants - the movement is brimming with energy and crafting countermoves to hawkish
policies that have proliferated in the last two years.... "In the last couple of years,
the movement has been much more led by the activism of young adults," said Louis DeSipio,
a University of California, Irvine political science professor. DeSipio cautioned,
however, that activists face a daunting obstacle to enduring national gains: The lack
of what he called a "viable strategy" to shift the political dynamics of the House
of Representatives by electing a Democratic majority or more Republicans open to their
agenda. Failing that, he said, the activists will have to continue relying on administrative
action that could be overturned with a new president.
For the full story, please visit http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0617-immig-dream-20120617,0,1002....
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