Some Hispanic Republicans support Trump’s immigration policies

How Hispanics really feel about Trump [Click here to view this message in your web-browser](. Edition: US 16 April 2019 [The Conversation]( Academic rigor, journalistic flair Editor's note In next year’s presidential election, Hispanics will be the largest minority group headed to the polls. That’s drawn added interest in how this bloc will vote in 2020. A new poll from political scientists Stella Rouse and Shibley Telhami shows [party line divisions among Hispanic Americans](. While most don’t back Trump, a significant proportion look negatively on immigration. On issue after issue, women tend to be more liberal than men – save for the legalization of marijuana. Political scientists Laurel Elder and Stephen Greene decided to explore the reasons behind the gender gap. [Their findings surprised them](. Two longtime journalists who became university professors, Kathy Kiely and Laurel Leff, write that they “know firsthand how powerfully reporters are drawn to unpopular causes.” That’s an “admirable reflex,” they write, but they also [question whether it’s one that should be applied to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange](, who faces extradition to the U.S. on a single charge of conspiracy. Is Assange a true member of the press, they ask? Aviva Rutkin Big Data + Applied Mathematics Editor Top stories Hispanic voters are not a monolith. Baiterek Media/shutterstock.com [How Hispanics really feel about Trump]( Stella Rouse, University of Maryland; Shibley Telhami, University of Maryland Hispanics oppose Trump's immigration policies in larger numbers than the rest of the population. But their opinions are divided sharply across partisan lines. While 68 percent of men now support marijuana legalization, only 56 percent of women do. Edgard Garrido [Marijuana legalization – a rare issue where women are more conservative than men]( Laurel Elder, Hartwick College; Steven Greene, North Carolina State University Could mothers be responsible for the gender gap? Or are other factors at play? Kristinn Hrafnsson, editor in chief of WikiLeaks, and barrister Jennifer Robinson talk to the media after Julian Assange’s arrest in London. REUTERS/Hannah McKay [Journalism’s Assange problem]( Kathy Kiely, University of Missouri-Columbia; Laurel Leff, Northeastern University It's dangerous for the press to take up Julian Assange's cause, two journalism scholars write. Assange is no journalist, they say, and making him out to be one is likely to damage press freedoms. Science + Technology - [Boeing crashes and Uber collision show passenger safety relies on corporate promises, not regulators’ tests]( Adam Gabriele, Arizona State University; Thaddeus R. 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