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Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Take Action in support of Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Our nation urgently needs an effective and practical immigration system that will reflect the best of America's values. Please join President Rosales and our LULAC members across the country in holding in-district meetings with your elected representatives to urge their support of a Comprehensive Immigration Reform package that will:

  • Reduce the backlog of individuals seeking residency or citizenship and restructure the naturalization process in a manner that is streamlined, consistent, fair, and equitable for those seeking US Citizenship,
  • Include a family reunification component and a pathway to legalization for 11 million persons seeking documentation,
  • Ensure strong worker protections are in place before any "guest worker" type provisions are considered,
  • Address our enforcement needs in a manner that is just, and consistent with our existing due process and civil rights laws.




A Nation of Immigrants

Throughout our country's history, immigrants have contributed immensely to our culture, our economy, our defense and our national pride. Almost all citizens of the United States are immigrants or the descendants of immigrants and each new generation of immigrants has reinvigorated our nation with the values and work ethic that has made America great. Our common experience has demonstrated that immigration is good for America, whether your ancestors arrived before the Declaration of Independence or just a generation ago. LULAC calls upon Congress and the President to embrace and uphold America's tradition as a nation of immigrants and pass comprehensive immigration reform that allows hard working immigrants and their families to become permanent legal residents of the United States.

“We are horrified," said LULAC National President Rosa Rosales. "This law opens the doors to racial profiling. It requires police officers, if they form a 'reasonable suspicion' that someone is an illegal immigrant, to determine the person’s immigration status.”

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US Chamber of Commerce; Immigration Myths and Facts

US Chamber of Commerce; Immigration Myths and Facts

Despite the numerous studies and carefully detailed statistical reports outlining the positive effects of immigration, there is a great deal of misinformation about the impact of immigration. It is critical that policymakers and the public are educated about the facts behind these fallacies.

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U.S. Latinos’ Perceptions & Actions Around Immigration Debate: Law Enforcement, Lifestyle and Voting Impact

U.S. Latinos’ Perceptions & Actions Around Immigration Debate: Law Enforcement, Lifestyle and Voting Impact

LULAC, Hispanic Federation, and LatinoMetrics released a poll during the LULAC National Convention in Albuquerque, NM on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 entitled “U.S. Latinos’ Perceptions & Actions Around Immigration Debate: Law Enforcement, Lifestyle and Voting Impact.”

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News & Alerts

Jan 10, 2012

LULAC Praises the Appointment of Cecilia Muñoz as the Director of the Domestic Policy Council for the White House

Washington, DC – Today, President Obama appointed Cecilia Muñoz as the Director of the Domestic Policy Council, making her the top Latina official over matters concerning immigration...

Jan 6, 2012

LULAC Supports Immigration Proposal by the Obama Administration that Will Have a Significant Impact on Countless American Families

Washington, DC – Today, the Citizenship and Immigration Services will publish a formal notice in the Federal Register of a new regulation that would allow for undocumented immigrants to obtain a provisional waiver in the U.S. before they leave for their country of origin to pick up their green cards ...

Dec 15, 2011

LULAC Hails the Justice Department’s Findings of Discrimination by Arizona Sheriff’s Office of Maricopa County

Washington, DC – The U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, issued a report today finding that the Maricopa County sheriff’s office engaged in the unlawful practice of unconstitutional policing; racial profiling of Latinos; unlawful stops, detains, arrests; and unlawfully retaliated against individuals who criticized the policies enforced by Sheriff Arpaio’s office ...

Nov 9, 2011

LULAC Hails Defeat of AZ Senate President Russell Pearce in Recall

Architect of Arizona’s Anti-immigrant SB1070 Law Becomes First State Senate President in Nation to Lose a Recall Election

Nov 3, 2011

LULAC Condemns Flurry of Anti-Immigration Statements

Washington, DC - Presidential hopefuls often say just about anything to make a quick news bite. I don’t begrudge them the need to maximize on the opportunity to get their message to the public. The American people should be afforded every opportunity to learn about their candidate...

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