187: The Rise of the Latino Vote | Clip | Joel Ochoa and the Myth of the ‘Encino Voter’

Joel Ochoa is a political refugee from Mexico who arrived in the United States at the end of 1973. By the time Proposition 187 came around, he was a seasoned union organizer. That´s probably why he didn´t buy the argument that to fight the anti-immigrant initiative, immigrants had to keep a low profile, not participate in big marches and not anger the so-called “Encino Voter."