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LULAC Urges Increased Protections For Latinos In U.S.
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Nation’s Leading Latino Civil Rights Organization Calls New FBI Hate Crime Report
a Wake-Up Call for America

Washington, DC - The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) said today
the just released Federal Bureau of Investigation report shows data that confirms
white nationalist hate groups are increasing dramatically targeting communities
of color and members of the LGBTQ community.

“Today’s numbers from the FBI prove Latinos, Blacks, the Arab, Muslim and LGBTQ
communities are among those wearing a target on their back every day in America,”
says Domingo Garcia, LULAC National President. “It has been placed on them
because of blind hate fueled by the politics of distrust and division from
President Trump and far right-wing political attacks. We urge President-elect
Biden to form a task force that will have the powers to swiftly address this
danger with the FBI and local law enforcement “says Garcia.

The report [ [link removed] ] reveals that white
nationalist hate groups increased 55% in 2019 across the United States and 43%
for anti-LGBTQ hate groups. The FBI says it has identified a total of 940 hate
groups in the country, a slight drop from the soaring trend seen since 2015, in
part attributed to the collapse of two neo-Nazi organizations. Also, 2019 saw 51
murders attributed to hate crimes, making it the worst year ever recorded by the
federal government. The FBI numbers show that individuals are being are being
radicalized and recruited using social media to spread their propaganda against
Latinos, Blacks, Jews, Muslims and other non-white and minority groups.

“There can be no room any longer in our country for harm inflicted on innocent
people simply because of their appearance or the person they love,” says Sindy
Benavides, LULAC National Chief Executive Officer. “This is not who we are as
Americans and inevitably anyone can become an outcast in the eyes of those who
seek to find differences to divide us and weaken what we stand for. Every
reasonable American can and must now begin the work of coming together after a
very dark period of hate speech used for political gain and LULAC intends to be
part of that movement as we have been for more than 91 years,” she added.

The report also reveals that the top three factors for hate crimes in 2019 were
bias against racial ancestry, religious views or sexual orientation. The
Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the leading anti-hate organization globally with
which LULAC works, says the disturbing trend in hate crimes is evident despite
fewer law enforcement agencies providing data to the FBI based on the Hate
Statistics Crime Act (HSCA) [ [link removed] ] .

“When one individual is targeted by a hate crime, it hurts the whole
community—that’s why people are feeling vulnerable and afraid,” said ADL CEO
Jonathan Greenblatt. “We urge Congress to immediately pass the Jabara-Heyer NO
HATE Act to improve hate crime training, prevention, reporting and best
practices.”

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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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