Pacific Northwest emerges as new Hispanic political hot spot

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : The region has also attracted immigrants from other states, including California in the mid-1990s, which have either cracked down on undocumented immigrants or restrict the social services available to foreign nationals.
59% : We were just reacting against anti-immigrant policies.
59% : So I think just because of the large agricultural, like, economy here in terms of lumber, the pine, I think we have the largest Christmas tree farms here, and also kind of fruits and vegetables.
49% : "Like other Cascadians, Hispanics in the region show different political and cultural tendencies in urbanized coastal areas, and across the mountains in central and eastern Oregon and Washington.
48% : And a lot of folks told me that, you know, queer Latina who worked at Planned Parenthood couldn't win in that district.
44% : But Hispanic populations are growing on either side of the mountains, with political consequences.

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