Can California’s first Latino senator break Washington’s gridlock on immigration reform?

WASHINGTON — Twenty-seven years after Alex Padilla hit the streets with hundreds of thousands of California Latinos to protest the anti-immigrant Proposition 187, he finds himself in a position to help deliver the change he has long sought.

The first Latino to represent California in the U.S. Senate has optimism that legislation is possible under President Biden, who has said that comprehensive immigration reform is a priority, and with Democratic control of the Senate and House. https://t.co/4sMZ0KFBGR

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) March 24, 2021