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A message from League of United Latin American Citizens

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LULAC: Texas Governor Heard Us
Loud And Clear
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Nation’s Oldest and Largest Latino Civil Rights Organization Issues Statewide
Medical Alert and Four Hours Later Mandatory Mask Order Is Issued

Washington, DC - Domingo Garcia, National President of the League of United Latin
American Citizens (LULAC) issued the following statement late Thursday:

“Texas Governor Greg Abbott has answered our call for action which LULAC made
early Thursday morning and 11.4 million Latinos plus many others across the state
will be safer from the coronavirus starting Friday at noon when the order goes
into effect. It requires everyone from ten years old on up to wear masks in
businesses, buildings and spaces open to the public. It also requires masks
outside, in public spaces where people can’t stay six feet apart from others.
Governor Abbott is making some exceptions like people eating, voting and going to
church but at the same time, he says people who are protesting must wear masks.
Finally, his order applies to counties with 20 or more positive COVID-19 cases.

This is not everything LULAC urged Governor Abbott to do but he will have to live
with the consequences of the gaps he is leaving. Everywhere in Texas where people
are gathering in large numbers and not practicing social distancing or wearing
masks, they are exposing themselves and others to danger. LULAC urges him to
close the loopholes which he is leaving open for reasons only he knows. The lives
of all Texans are at stake and LULAC will not stop fighting for the safety of our
community which has suffered too high a price already.”

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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 [ [link removed] ] .







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