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Perea
/ pəˈriːə /
Example Sentences
Carlos Perea, an immigrant rights advocate who supported the measure, said those groups “hit the panic button.”
The results, Perea added, reflect Trump’s influence in a year when the former president campaigned heavily against illegal immigration.
“In the backdrop, we had this growing anti-immigrant, nativist, fascist rhetoric rising in the country,” said Perea, the executive director of the Harbor Institute for Immigrant and Economic Justice.
Perea said he was proud of the work he and other activists, including Latino and Vietnamese advocacy groups, pulled together to put the measure on the ballot.
“We are ready to introduce this again in the near future,” Perea said.
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