As California defies federal immigration policy, calling itself a sanctuary, the state’s conservatives are pushing back
As California defies federal immigration policy, calling itself a sanctuary, the state’s conservatives are pushing back
- May 13, 2018
- Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies and poli sci, via The Washington Post, SF Gate, and The Mercury News, May 13 and 14, 2018
“Bringing up immigration is a way of mobilizing moderate, traditional Republicans
here without bringing up Trump, who is not particularly popular,” said Louis DeSipio,
a political-science professor at the University of California at Irvine. “At the grass-roots
level, there may be opposition to this law and fear. But at the elite level, the elected
political level, there is a strategic aspect to introducing immigration into the conversation
now.”
For the full story, please visit https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/national/wp/2018/05/13/feature/californias-defiance-of-immigration-law-creates-stark-divides/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.b79512e6a55a.
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