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A message from League of United Latin American Citizens

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LULAC President And Rapid-Response GOTV Team Hits North Texas County Where Judge
Claims Threat By Latino "Invasion"
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Nation's Largest and Oldest Latino Civil Rights Organization Mobilizes Lightning
Visit by Voter Registration Strike Team to Parker County, Texas As Answer to
False Charges
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Washington, DC – The national president and members of the League of United Latin
American Citizens (LULAC) sent a solid reply to anti-Latino charges made by
Parker County Judge Pat Deen. He issued a Declaration of Local State Disaster [ [link removed] ]
alleging the "health, safety and welfare of Parker County residents are under an
imminent threat of disaster [ [link removed] ]
from the unprecedented levels of illegal immigration." Parker County lies west of
Dallas-Ft. Worth, and more than 400 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border.

On Saturday, the LULAC "Power of the Latino Vote" 45-foot-long, gleaming white
luxury bus arrived in Weatherford, Texas, the county seat of Parker County. The
vehicle is wrapped with images of the Virgen de Guadalupe, eclectic art of female
superhero Rosita, her hand raised in a show of strength and victory, and the
words proclaiming, "The Future Is In Your Hands." On board were Domingo Garcia,
LULAC national president, and a team of GOTV-trained LULAC members whose message
to Latinos everywhere is to register and vote this November.

"Parker County Judge Deen is just one in a pack of right-wing politicians in
Texas using the same racist dog whistles to call out the worst in their
supporters who are given hate and fear to divide us as Americans," says Garcia.
"Using the term 'invasion' is racist and code for profiling all Latinos and even
encouraging vigilantes to take the law into their own hands and assault or harm
our people. I have personally seen the consequence after the El Paso racist
murders and other racist murders by those who act on those words, "adds Garcia.

Texas LULAC recently won two major federal court lawsuits against Governor Greg
Abbott and his legislative supporters who tried to suppress the Latino vote. "The
governor and his circle of anti-Latino xenophobes are still reeling from the
legal defeats they suffered," says Rodolfo Rosales Jr., Texas LULAC State
Director. "They will not prevail in this action either, and Judge Deen is
seriously mistaken if he thinks LULAC is going to sit by idly and allow it," he
adds.

LULAC GOTV members are part of a statewide campaign with a coalition of other
Latino and black organizations pushing for communities of color to organize,
mobilize and turn out to vote this November. While in Weatherford, LULAC members
met with representatives of the NAACP at the Mt. Pleasant Colored School [ [link removed] ] ,
which is now closed but stands as a historical testament to the "endurance and
commitment to education" of African Americans in North Texas who were denied
access to public schools.

"This tour serves many purposes," says Hilda Duarte, president, LULAC Council
4782. "Foremost, the goal is to register voters. Also, to let the community's
brown and black residents know they can count on LULAC for solidarity in civil
rights issues. As importantly, we encouraged them to become more involved in what
their elected leaders say and do and to speak up for themselves when they are
targeted. Being a part of LULAC gives them clout because we have been around for
93 years, and we are organized and respected throughout the United States," said
Duarte.

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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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