States suing Obama over immigration programs are home to 46% of those who may qualify
A group of 26 states filed a lawsuit in December to stop his executive actions on immigration, arguing that he didn’t have the authority to make the changes.
Director, Race and Ethnicity Research
Mark Hugo Lopez is director of race and ethnicity research at Pew Research Center, where he leads planning of the Centerโs research agenda focused on chronicling the diverse, ever-changing racial and ethnic landscape of the United States. He is an expert on issues of racial and ethnic identity, Latino politics and culture, the U.S. Hispanic and Asian American populations, global and domestic immigration, and the U.S. demographic landscape. Lopez was previously the Centerโs director of Global Migration and Demography, and of Hispanic research.
Lopez is the co-editor of โAdjusting to a World in Motion: Trends in Global Migration and Migration Policy.โ He is a co-author of โThe Future of the First Amendmentโ and has contributed chapters to several books about voting and young Latinos.
Prior to joining Pew Research Center, Lopez served as a research assistant professor at the University of Marylandโs School of Public Policy and as research director of the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE).
Lopez received his doctorate in economics from Princeton University. He is an author of reports about theย Hispanic electorate,ย Hispanic identityย andย immigration. Lopez frequently appears in national and international media in both Spanish and English.
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