More Californians open to health care for undocumented immigrants, poll finds
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Oralia Sandoval, center, holds her son Benjamin, 6, as she participates in an Immigrants Day of Action rally May 20, 2019, in Sacramento.Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press
Californians have become more open during the pandemic to the idea of providing health care to undocumented immigrants, according to a new Public Policy Institute of California survey that is giving hope to backers of a single-payer health system.
Two in three likely voters say they support providing health care for undocumented immigrants, according to the nonpartisan survey a jump from the 54% who felt that way in 2015, the last time the institute asked the question.
California s Alex Padilla brings rare Senate perspective - an immigrant family s struggle for dignity
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New Democratic Sens. Alex Padilla, D-Calif. (left), who took the seat vacated by Vice President Kamala Harris, John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., and Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M.J. Scott Applewhite / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
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Like many California Latinos of his generation, Sen. Alex Padilla’s political consciousness was forged by Proposition 187.Justin Sullivan / TNSShow MoreShow Less
Sen. Alex Padilla began to choke up. He was talking about his father, Santos Padilla, an immigrant from Mexico.
The California Democrat was recalling the time he brought his father with him when he was seeking the endorsement of a labor organization during his first run for office. The elder Padilla wasn’t there to provide moral support he was living evidence that the young politician came from a place where the fight for dignity wasn’t an abstract concept.