Bernie Sanders Campaign Hires Prominent Immigration Activist to Woo Latino Voters
Bernie Sanders has hired another prominent DREAMer activist to woo more Latino voters.
Erika Andiola, an undocumented immigrant and a longtime immigration activist, is joining the campaign as a Latino outreach strategist for the Southwest region, Fusion reported. Andiola, 28, started her work for the Sanders campaign on Monday.
BuzzFeed's Adrian Carrasquillo was the first to report about Andiola's involvement with Sanders' campaign, quoting three unnamed sources close to the team.
"We are excited to have Erika Andiola on the team," Arturo Carmona, the campaign's Latino outreach director, told Fusion in a statement. "Erika's personal story as a Mexican undocumented woman with an undocumented family and a long history of advocacy for Latinos speaks directly to the campaign's commitment to fight for immigrants, Latinos and working class Americans in every community across the country."
Andiola joins a number of prominent immigration activists in Sanders' campaign, including César Vargas, a 31-year-old undocumented immigrant hailing from Mexico who stood up to New York to permit him to become the state's first undocumented lawyer, Fusion further reported. Carmona, who was hired by the Sanders campaign in October, also has immigrant parents.
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