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The close of 2009 marks a very productive and busy year for LCLAA.  We’ve led the fight and worked in coalition on behalf of Latino working families and union members on Health Care, Labor-Law reform, Green Jobs and the Environment, Hate Crimes, Immigration and many other shared priorities.

We helped make history working closely with the Administration and Congress on two truly groundbreaking appointments; Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor.  LCLAA worked in coalition with other Latino organizations to encourage the new administration to increase the number of Latinos appointed to important government positions; an area in where our community is historically underrepresented.

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LCLAA DENOUNCES THE PASSAGE OF ANTI-IMMIGRANT ARIZONA LAW SB1070

WASHINGTON, DC- The Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) is outraged at the passage of Arizona Law SB1070. This is the toughest immigration law in the country in generations and it represents an open invitation for harassment and discriminations against Latinos residing or visiting the State of Arizona. 

“The Latino and immigrant community are besieged by anti-immigrant sentiment and now codified discrimination.  What Governor Brewer has done is legalize an attack on the human and civil rights of all Latinos and immigrants in Arizona and anyone that incites the absurd “reasonable suspicion” requirement of looking undocumented.  This law will do nothing but add to the litany of civil rights abuses that enforcement-only policies are accustomed to inflicting on Latinos, regardless of their legal status,” stated Milton Rosado, LCLAA’s National President.

This should serve as a call to action for every individual within and outside of the state of Arizona to demand immigration reform not just in the name of justice and fair treatment for human beings but also in the name of public safety which will be undermined as the trust between police and our communities is lost.  How much safer will we be if people are afraid or reluctant to collaborate in crime investigations and bigger threats to the state and country as a whole?

Governor Brewer can take credit for approving legislation that reminds us of a shameful past when Jim Crow laws plagued the nation. Now more than ever, LCLAA urges immigration reform that honors the rights and dignity of every human being. The well-being and security of our nation depends on it.