California’s Early 2020 Primary Is Pushing Presidential Candidates To Talk About Immigration
SAN FRANCISCO, California — The Democrats running for president will be forced to prioritize immigration and other issues affecting Latino communities if they want to have a chance at winning California’s suddenly pivotal 2020 primary, Democrats in the state say, after those issues have been largely absent from the early phase of the race.
“Across the state of California, most individuals that have won statewide office including our governor have made it a point to really engage directly with the issue of immigration, but most importantly immigrant families and their US citizen children,” said Angelica Salas, executive director of the Los Angeles–based Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights Action Fund, who ran an immigration-focused candidate forum in Pasadena on Friday.
Two candidates released immigration plans just before heading to California, and four made the trip to Pasadena on Friday for the immigration-specific forum filled with Latino voters and their families. “I think it’s really important that they talk about immigrant rights in their platforms, and right now I don’t see a lot of candidates doing that. For me it kind of makes or breaks whether they make my short list,” said Jamie Tijerina, a conference delegate and LA City Council candidate.
The Chicano Latino caucus heard from three 2020 candidates: Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, O’Rourke, and Sanders, who scored the group’s endorsement in 2016, when he eventually lost the California primary to Hillary Clinton.
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