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LULAC National Leadership Reacts to President Trump’s State of the Union Address
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Nation’s Oldest & Largest Latino Civil Rights Organization to Reacts to False
Assertations made by President Trump Regarding Security & Immigration

Washington, D.C.- Today, February 3, 2020, the League of United Latin American
Citizens (LULAC) had the following reactions to the President’s State of the
Union Address:

“It is preposterous for the President to assert that his administration has built
a secure wall, when just five days ago the wind blew down parts of his wall down
along the California-Mexico border, and a major tunnel was found underneath it,”
said Domingo Garcia, LULAC National President. “Using immigrants and refugees as
scapegoats-- to point of saying he wants a law to stop sick immigrants from
getting medical care-- is a new moral low for this President when the bar was
already hell deep. Presidents should bring people together instead of engaging in
the politics of hate and demonizing the ‘other.’ Not long ago the ‘others’ were
Italians, Poles, Irish, Catholics and Jews. It was wrong then, and it is wrong
now.”

“The American people will not be fooled by the President’s fake news
generalization of undocumented immigrants as violent criminals,” said Sindy
Benavides, LULAC CEO. “These depictions only fuel the increase of hate crimes
against Latinos which have been on the rise. The facts are clear: undocumented
immigration did not increase violent crime but was in fact associated with slight
decreases in it, according to the American Society of Criminology. America has
always been, and always will be, a great country because of our immigrant
heritage.”

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About LULAC
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the nation’s largest and
oldest civil rights volunteer-based organization that empowers Hispanic Americans
and builds strong Latino communities. Headquartered in Washington, DC, with 1,000
councils around the United States and Puerto Rico, LULAC’s programs, services and
advocacy address the most important issues for Latinos, meeting critical needs of
today and the future. For more information, visit www.LULAC.org.







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