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I am writing to urgently request your financial help for our Latino community in Marshalltown, Iowa following two devastating tornadoes that struck that town of 27,000 people on July 19, 2018. One month after the tornados hit Marshalltown, many Latinos are being denied assistance because they are working immigrants without social security numbers...

LULAC has sent a LULAC intervention team to Nebraska to help families who have been ripped apart following an unprovoked terror strike by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the arrest of 130 working Latino migrants in northern Nebraska and South Minnesota.

Ruling calls for EPA to ban a pesticide in use for decades which leads to brain damage

Nation’s Largest Civil Rights Organization Applauds Federal Court Decision

Ricardo Fierro, a LULAC Council President, has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials since July 24th from his home in Racine, Wisconsin. Ricardo has been separated from his family and 5 children who are afraid he will soon be deported...

Domingo Garcia, a practicing civil rights attorney from Dallas, Texas and lifetime social justice advocate who pledged to make immigration reform, assistance for veterans and seniors plus tuition-free higher education his top priorities was elected LULAC National President today at the organization’s 89th Annual Convention. ....

Largest Latino Civil Rights Organization in the Country Charts New Path. ....

Phoenix, AZ - - The League of United Latin American Citizens will recognize Antonio “Tony” Estrada, Sheriff of Santa Cruz County, Arizona who will receive Mexico’s highest civilian honor bestowed for distinguished service during the 2018 LULAC Unity Luncheon, Thursday, July 19th at its Annual National Convention and Exposition in Phoenix, Arizona.. ....

Phoenix, AZ - Ford Motor Company Fund, the philanthropic arm of Ford Motor Company, will award the recipients of the Ford Driving Dreams (FDD) Grants during the 89th Annual LULAC National Convention at the Phoenix Convention Center. ....

Phoenix, AZ - The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the nation’s largest and oldest Latino civil rights organization, will host its 89th Annual National Convention from July 17 through July 21, 2018, at the Phoenix Convention Center ....

Washington, D.C. - The following is a statement from Sindy Benavides, Chief Operating Officer and Acting CEO for LULAC. "For centuries, governments and societies have ignored the plight and conditions of abused women. In recent years, our laws and international standards of human rights ....

Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Darren Soto (D-FL), Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and a broad spectrum of civil rights leaders held a press conference at the Capitol calling on the Trump administration and U.S. Attorney General Sessions to immediately cease the separation of children and their families at the U.S. border ....

Washington, D.C. - Today, a historic moment is taking place in Washington, DC where one of the largest and more powerful coalitions of Black and Latino leaders is uniting on behalf of the thousands of migrant children separated from their families along our Southern Border and now being held in detention centers against their will. ....

Washington, D.C. - The following is a statement from Sindy Benavides, Chief Operating Officer and Acting CEO for LULAC. "For centuries, governments and societies have ignored the plight and conditions of abused women. In recent years, our laws and international standards of human rights ....

Washington, D.C. - The League of United Latin American Citizens maintains that the Supreme Court decision which favored a bakery owner’s refusal to create a wedding cake for a gay couple, leaves a far larger question unanswered of whether businesses should be required to be open for all ....

Washington, D.C. - The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) describes this week’s published revelations about nearly 1,500 immigrant children being held in government custody and not with their parents a glimpse into a far larger crisis facing thousands of recent arrivals in the U.S. from Mexico and Latin America....

Washington, D.C. - Researchers with Harvard University have set the death toll from the devastating storm at 4,675, not the 64 reported by emergency officials and attribute the higher count to a failure in the government’s response following the disaster....

Washington, D.C. -Sindy Benavides, LULAC COO and Acting CEO has been named by the global business media company as one of a select group of women in America igniting Latinos into action for a decisive vote this Fall.....

Washington, D.C. - On Wednesday, President Trump referred to undocumented immigrants as “animals” during a White House meeting with California leaders who oppose sanctuary city policies....