--- description: Sergio I. Garcia-Rios is Assistant Professor of Government and Latino Studies at Cornell University. He is originally from Durango, Mexico. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Sergio I. Garcia-Rios ## Sergio I. Garcia-Rios Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close _Sergio I. Garcia-Rios is Assistant Professor of Government and Latino Studies at Cornell University. He is originally from Durango, Mexico._ ## Sergio I. Garcia-Rios Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * ![Presidential candidate Donald Trump attends the fight between Gennady Golovkin against David Lemieux for their WBA/WBC interim/IBF middleweight title unification bout at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 17, 2015 in New York City.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdcc0a25696c7124d/69886ea3cf40a8c7d7c4065d/gop-debate-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1) Nov 4, 2015 ### [Hosting SNL Could Hurt Donald Trump With Voters](https://time.com/4090584/donald-trump-snl-latino-vote/) NBC’s choice is helping unite Latinos in opposition to the candidate [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) * ![Jorge Ramos photographed in Doral, Florida, March 19, 2015.

From "The 100 Most Influential People." April 27 / May 4, 2015 issue. ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf39e2ccf88cc577c/69885e41f887dcf865e91c11/kim_t100-ramos.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1) Aug 28, 2015 ### [The 'Jorge Ramos Effect' Could Hurt Donald Trump](https://time.com/4013713/donald-trump-and-the-jorge-ramos-effect/) A new study finds that watching Spanish-language news doubles the likelihood that Latinos will vote [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/sergio-i-garcia-rios/","name":"Sergio I. Garcia-Rios"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/sergio-i-garcia-rios/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/sergio-i-garcia-rios/"},"name":"Sergio I. Garcia-Rios","jobTitle":null,"description":"Sergio I. Garcia-Rios is Assistant Professor of Government and Latino Studies at Cornell University. He is originally from Durango, Mexico.","url":"https://time.com/author/sergio-i-garcia-rios/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```