This city wants nothing to do with California's 'sanctuary state' laws. Will it start a new resistance?
This city wants nothing to do with California's 'sanctuary state' laws. Will it start a new resistance?
- March 19, 2018
- Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies and poli sci, Los Angeles Times, March 19, 2018
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Louis DeSipio, a professor of political science at UC Irvine, said he's not surprised by Los Alamitos' stance given its demographics — the city is more white and slightly more affluent than Orange County as a whole. It's 71% white, whereas Orange County as a whole is 61% white, according to 2010 census data. ... "It's going to take a while to see dramatic change in that kind of a community," DeSipio said.
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