From Southern California Public Radio:
Other groups advocating for border security like The Minutemen Project, and some local Tea Party chapters are increasingly fractured, especially in states like California, where the majority of voters support reform. UC Irvine political science professor Louis Desipio, …calls these groups "populist": Good at rallying the masses, but not so much at influencing Washington. "The real opposition to immigration reform both in 2006-2007 and then again today, are groups that are very effective at showing senators and members of the House from states that don't have large numbers of immigrants, that the constituents in their districts are opposed to immigration reform," he explains. Desipio is referring to states like Alabama and Georgia, where recent laws have effectively targeted illegal immigration. California, he says, is largely immigrant — almost a third of Californians are foreign born. According to Desipio, the state's changing demographics mean anti immigration groups face an uphill challenge in rallying the masses in the future.

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