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(AP): oldest U.S. Latino organiza- the District of Columbia, migrants are seven times more migrants burdened the system,” Attorney General Alberto tion, was holding its national Gonzáles said. Based on his likely than non-Latino whites said Hayes-Bautista, who directs Gonzáles says the nine U.S. convention in Little Rock. Its own knowledge of Rob- to use public transportation UCLA’s Center for the Study of Supreme Court justices will leaders called on Bush to ap- erts’ qualifications, he said and five times more likely to Latino Health and Culture. cent of recent immigrants car someday include a Latino law- point a Latino to represent the he didn’t expect a Senate car pool, according to a new The study, released last Tues- pooled when the Census was yer, but that day hasn’t come country’s largest minority filibuster to block the nomi- study released by the Univer- day, did not look at other groups taken, compared with 11.7 per- yet. group. nation. sity of California, Los Ange- such as blacks and Asians, but cent of whites. And while 20.4 les (UCLA). whites and Latinos are the two percent of recent immigrants “We’re disappointed in the He declined to say how But the leader of the Civic leaders see increased largest in the state. The study took public transportation, only nation’s largest Latino president’s decision to nomi- he advised Bush about his car pooling and public trans- also did not look at the reasons 3.2 percent of whites did. rights organization says that nate a non-Hispanic to the job,’’ own potential nomination, portation as vital to reducing for the commuting patterns, al- Los Angeles Mayor Anto- day should be now, and LULAC president Hector but noted that he had been California highway conges- though income appeared to be a nio Villaraigosa, who often Gonzáles should have been Flores told The Associated discussed as a possible nomi- tion and pollution, especially major factor. takes public transit to encour- the nominee. Press on Thursday. “We’re re- nee since 2001 and had con- in Los Angeles, which has the According to the study, re- age other commuters to do the As it is, Gonzáles advised viewing (Roberts’) credentials sistently said he was not a worst gridlock and air quality cent Latino immigrants—de- same, said some Latinos can’t President Bush in his consid- now. We understand he has candidate. in the country. fined as those who have been in afford other modes of travel. eration of a nominee to re- impeccable credentials, but Asked if he would be in- The findings contradict the United States less than a de- A 2002 ridership survey by place retiring Justice Sandra we’ll see how the drama un- terested in the post after serv- expectations that the increase cade—were the most likely to the Los Angeles Metropolitan in the state’s Latino popula- use public transportation or car Transportation Authority Day O’Connor, and the first folds in the Senate as we em- ing a longer time as attorney tion would lead to a corre- pool. But it found that other found that bus passengers had bark on these hearings and as general—if ailing Justice Latino attorney general sup- sponding increase in traffic immigrants and U.S.-born a median family income of ports the nomination of fed- we debate his fitness for the Ruth Bader Ginsberg or congestion, said professor Latinos were also more likely $12,000, and train passengers eral appeals court Judge John job.” Chief Justice William H.