Can Alex Padilla Help Win Back Latinos for Democrats?

The Atlantic
The Pressure of Being California’s First Latino Senator
Alex Padilla, who filled Kamala Harris’s seat, is hoping to speak for his fellow Latinos. That won’t be easy.
gabriella demczuk
Alex Padilla was radicalized early. The young man was 21, freshly graduated from MIT with a mechanical-engineering degree, and he had returned to his childhood home in the San Fernando Valley to figure out his next step. From the television in the living room, Padilla heard a grim voice offer a warning: “They keep coming.” Grainy black-and-white video showed shady figures wading through cars waiting in line at the crossing in San Ysidro. “Two million illegal immigrants in California. The federal government won’t stop them at the border, yet requires us to pay billions to take care of them,” the voice added, menacingly.

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