EPISODE · May 14, 2021 · 31 MIN
Alex Padilla, From California To Capitol Hill
from Latino USA · host My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts
It was an anti-immigrant initiative in his home state of California that pushed Alex Padilla into politics, now he is making history as the first Latino to represent California in the U.S. Senate. In an extended interview with Padilla, Maria Hinojosa asks the senator about Prop 187, the controversial 1994 ballot measure that politicized Padilla, and many other Latinos of his generation. They also discuss the Senator’s career-long focus on voting rights, and the threats they face today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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It was an anti-immigrant initiative in his home state of California that pushed Alex Padilla into politics, now he is making history as the first Latino to represent California in the US senate.
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