NCLR Joins with Broad Array of Civil Rights Leaders in Support of Presidential Action on Immigration

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November 20, 2014                                                                         Joseph Rendeiro
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WASHINGTON, DC—NCLR (National Council of La Raza) today joined with more than a dozen civil rights organizations representing women, young voters, and the Black, Asian American, Latino, and LGBTQ communities to support President Barack Obama’s pending executive action on immigration. The groups noted that there is ample historical precedent for the president to act and that executive action would aid families and communities, bolster the nation’s economy and enhance national security.

“Today, in a show of unity, our brothers and sisters in the civil rights community reaffirmed that there are families representing every part of the American fabric who need relief and who have waited an unconscionably long time for progress on reform,” said NCLR President and CEO Janet Murguía. “The president has the necessity and the authority to act on behalf of those families and for the benefit of our nation as a whole.”

Among the organizations were: Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC), Define American, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the League of United Latino American Citizens (LULAC), Mi Familia Vota, MomsRising, NAACP, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the National Action Network, the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP), the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA), the National Urban League (NUL), Rock the Vote and Voto Latino.

“The array of leaders at today’s event demonstrates that there is broad support for the president to help working and often vulnerable families and communities. All those involved in this issue should heed this call for unity and support the president’s leadership to remedy a broken immigration system on behalf of our country. And the House Republican leadership should use this moment to, at long last, move forward on comprehensive immigration reform legislation,” Murguía concluded.

NCLR—the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States—works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans. For more information on NCLR, please visit www.nclr.org or follow along on Facebook and Twitter.

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