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187: The Rise of the Latino Vote
Juan José Gutiérrez: A Champion of Immigrant Rights
Juan José Gutiérrez was the executive director of a Boyle Heights organization called One Stop Immigration when a group of citizens in Orange County decided to put an initiative on the ballot targeting services to undocumented immigrants. Gutiérrez, along with regional directors of the organization in Pomona and Santa Bárbara, worked on a plan to mobilize immigrants to march against Prop 187.
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A 1994 California ballot measure sought to deny public services to undocumented immigrants