LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS
CALIFORNIA STATE CONFERENCE
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: 7/20/05
New Mexico Contacts: Paul A. Martinez, Council President (505) 527-2460,
(505) 312-6327 Phillip Archuleta, Civil Rights Chair (505) 496-8822
California Contacts: Angel Luevano, State Director (925) 813-2547
Gil Flores, Military Affairs Liaison (714)
803-6362
Las Cruces LULAC Council 120 is organizing a march and rally against
discrimination and against the "Minutemen Menace" on Saturday, July 23,
2005. The march will begin at 11:00 A.M. from the Las Cruces Federal Court
House and proceed to Klein Park on Mesquite Street in Las Cruces, NM.
A press conference and rally will follow. LULAC Council 120 has organized a
coalition with several Latino civil rights organizations against the
Minutemen menace on our border states.
Several LULAC Council Presidents, District Directors, State Directors and
National Vice
Presidents from Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, and Washington will
be in attendance.
The New Mexico and Texas delegations include members from Albuquerque,
Dallas, El Paso, San Antonio and Silver City. The California delegation
includes members from Northern, Central and Southern California. Also,
members of our New Mexico legislature will be in attendance. Members from
established Latino organizations such as La Raza Unida, National Council of
La Raza, the American G.I. Forum, Hispanic Round Table and the Vecinos
Unidos de Nuevo Mexico will send delegations to this event.
LULAC is calling on our NM Governor and our elected officials to join us in
this endeavor to end the Minutemen menace, and declare a cease and desist
order to these activities that create racial tensions and xenophobia in our
state and communities throughout the Southwest.
Latino leaders which represent our border states, are uniting to support
social justice and
demonstrate solidarity among our Latino community to promote sound
immigration reforms, support the efforts of established immigration and law
enforcement authorities, and work to combat racial discrimination and
uphold civil rights.
The press conference will commence at approximately 11:30 pm at the main
stage at
Klein Park in Las Cruces, NM. Entertainment will follow.
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LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS
CALIFORNIA STATE CONFERENCE
For Immediate Release July 20, 2005
Contact: Dave Rodriguez
National Vice President Far West Region
805-258-1800 or
Angel Luevano, California State Director,
925-813-2547
A national Hispanic advocacy organization, the League of United Latin
American Citizens, is calling on California Attorney General Bill Lockyer
to seek an injunction against an anti immigrant group known as the
Minuteman Project. An e-mail intercepted by LULAC officials (see attached)
indicates the group is encouraging armed persons to confront Hispanics on
the California border this weekend.
California LULAC State Director Angel Luevano said the group poses a
serious danger to the public because "they are untrained vigilantes who
have no legal authority to act or detain anyone". LULAC has also asked
Lockyer to investigate whether the apparent sender of the e-mail, believed
to be a former law enforcement officer, is violating California law by
encouraging armed patrols of the border.
LULAC also plans to seek a federal investigation into the group to
determine if organizers are violating the civil rights of those persons
detained illegally. "Armed vigilantes will end up hurting or killing
someone" said LULAC's National Vice president Dave Rodriguez.
With approximately 115,000 members throughout the United States and Puerto
Rico, LULAC is the largest and oldest Hispanic Organization in the United
States. LULAC advances the economic condition, educational attainment,
political influence, health and civil rights of Hispanic Americans through
community-based programs operating at more than 700 LULAC chapters
nationwide. The organization involves and serves all Hispanic nationality
groups.
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P.O. Box 433
Torrance CA 90508-0433
Tel: 310.618.9596 Fax: 1950
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ca Assoc of Licensed Investigators
Co-President, SFV/NELA Chapter, Natl Org. For Women
Member of the Board of Directors,
Alameda Corridor Jobs Coalition
....etc., etc., etc.....
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