All Press Releases

Oct 9, 2019

LULAC Will Miss a Lifelong Champion

Leonard Chaires Honored by Nation’s Oldest and Largest Latino Civil Rights Organization

Oct 9, 2019

Castro, Gabbard and Sanders Will Join LULAC & NEWSMAX For a Presidential Town Hall in Des Moines, Iowa

The Nation’s Oldest & Largest Latino Civil Rights Organization Teams Up with Newsmax TV to Host an Iowa Town Hall to Engage the 75,000 Eligible Latino Voters & 53,000 Registered Latino Voters Identified by LULAC

Oct 3, 2019

LULAC Launches “Freedom Walks For Justice” Across Eight States And 15 Cities; Thousands To March, Mobilize, & Register To Vote

Nation’s Oldest & Largest Latino Civil Rights Organization Kicked Off Freedom Walks Across the Nation to Promote Civic Engagement, Elevate Issues Affecting the Latino Community, and Increase Voter Registration

Oct 2, 2019

LULAC Scores Major Victory For Latino Voters in Iowa

Nation’s Oldest & Largest Latino Civil Rights Organization Sees a Win Against Voter Suppression Legislation in the State

Sep 20, 2019

Hispanic Heritage Month What it Truly Means to Us

There are some words that just can’t be translated without losing their deeper meaning. It’s like making Abuelitas’s favorite recipe for caldo and leaving out one of her secret ingredients..

Sep 12, 2019

LULAC Applauds Grand Jury Indictment of the El Paso Domestic Terrorist

Nation’s Oldest & Largest Latino Civil Rights Organization Responds to Decision Expressing Support for Victims’ Families, Latino Community and El Paso District Attorney

Sep 11, 2019

LULAC Remembers 9/11

Nation’s Oldest and Largest Latino Civil Rights Organization Honors the Fallen in Terror Attacks

Aug 31, 2019

LULAC Calls Texas Governor Abbott to Call a Special Emergency Session to Address Banning Assault Rifles

Nation’s Oldest & Largest Civil Rights Organization Mourns Victims of Latest Mass Shooting and Makes Second Demand in One Month for a Special Legislative Session in Texas on Guns

Aug 28, 2019

LULAC Responds To Lowe’s Executive Vice President’s Racist Comments

Washington, DC – Yesterday, Joe McFarland, Executive Vice President of Lowe’s apologized for a racist comment in

Aug 21, 2019

LULAC Responds To New Trump Rule That Prolongs Detention Of Migrant Children

Washington, DC – Today, the Trump Administration issued a new regulation that would allow the federal government to detain migrant families beyond the 20-day cap currently in place under the Flores Settlement Agreement

Aug 12, 2019

LULAC Leads ‘March For A Unite America’ ’To Come Together as One Community and Call For Stricter Gun Control Regulations in Response To Mass Shootings

Nation’s Oldest & Largest Hispanic Civil Rights Organization Leads Rally with More Than 1,000 People Demanding an End to President Trump’s White Supremacist Rhetoric & Policies

Aug 12, 2019

El Paso and Mississippi: Attack on Two Fronts

Our community is being attacked on two fronts. On Saturday, August 3rd in El Paso, Texas a domestic terrorist targeting “Mexicans” killed 22 people and injured 26. On Wednesday, August 7th, U.S. Immigration officials raided several Mississippi food processing plants targeting Latino employees and arrested 680 men and women, separating children and parents on the first day of school.

Aug 10, 2019

LULAC Sends Rescue Teams To Mississippi To Aid Victims of ICE Raids

Nation’s Oldest & Largest Hispanic Civil Rights Organization to Host Know Your Rights Legal Workshops for Families and Children Left Behind

Aug 9, 2019

Today at 10AM CT: LULAC To Hold Press Conference Demanding Immediate Action from Texas Legislators in Response To El Paso Shooting

Nation’s Oldest & Largest Latino Civil Rights Organization Calls for Texas Governor Greg Abbott to hold Special Session to Strengthen Gun Regulations

Aug 8, 2019

LULAC Condemns ICE raids in Mississippi as State Terrorism

Nation’s Oldest & Largest Civil Rights Organization Makes Call for Unity and Action to Curtail the Sale of Firearms; Announces Unity Against Hate March

Aug 7, 2019

Here Is Why El Paso Is Different

As Latinos, we are experiencing the worst racist political attacks in a generation

Aug 4, 2019

LULAC Demands Gov. Abbott Call Special Session To Change Gun Laws

Nation’s Oldest & Largest Civil Rights Organization Makes Call for Unity and Action to Curtail the Sale of Firearms; Announces Unity Against Hate March

Aug 3, 2019

Domestic Terrorist Attacks Latinos in Racial Attack

Nation’s Oldest & Largest Civil Rights Organization Says President Trump Fueling Deadly Hate in America

Jul 25, 2019

Army Master Sergeant Roy P. Benavidez

Help us by supporting the Campaign to Honor America’s Latino Military Heroes by renaming Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas after Sgt. Roy P. Benavidez

Jul 19, 2019

A Journey for Freedom

There is no love greater than that of a mother and father for their child. No matter what the sacrifice, a mother will risk it all, including their own life, so that their sons and daughters have an opportunity to be free