Prop 187: Blue State, Red Country
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In 1994, a ballot measure aimed at targeting undocumented immigrants in California by denying families public services \\u2014from barring children from public schools to access to non-emergency public health care\\u2014 was passed 59 percent to 41 percent, but never implemented. That was Proposition 187. Maria and Julio are joined by Gustavo Arellano, L.A. Times reporter and host of the \\u201cThis Is California: The Battle of 187\\u201d podcast, and Gerardo Correa, president of the Chicano Latino Youth Leadership Project, to discuss the experiences of living through Prop. 187 and the impact it had on breeding a new generation of Latino activists.\\xa0 \\xa0 ITT Staff Picks:\\xa0
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- Check out\\xa0The Battle of Prop 187\\xa0podcast, a collaboration between Futuro Studios and the Los Angeles Times, which explores how a ballot measure targeting immigrants changed California politics forever.\\xa0 \\n
- Pete Wilson still defending Prop. 187 and fighting for a better place in history, Gustavo\'s latest with the\\xa0Los Angeles Times.\\xa0 \\n
- From The Sacramento Bee,\\xa0an immigrant\'s take\\xa0on how Prop. 187 motivated him to become an active voter.\\xa0\\nFor information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy \\xa0
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