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LULAC Calls For a Halt To Large Scale Employment Based Immigration Raids.

May 21, 2008

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Lizette Jenness Olmos
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Washington, DC LULAC National President Rosa Rosales made the following statement today in response to the Workforce Protections Subcommittee of the House Education and Labor Committee:

“LULAC thanks the Congressional Hispanic Caucus for highlighting the impact of raids on families and children such as in the largest workplace raid in U.S. history in Postville, Iowa and addressing this important issue. It is about time that Congress begins to look at the extremely aggressive tactics of Immigration and Custom Enforcement Officials (ICE) and the effects on the immigrant community. Up to this time congressional hearings that have been held focus on problems of immigration and rarely on human costs. We urge Congress to hold hearings so that lawmakers are better informed about the human costs of aggressive enforcement measures so that they can develop more proactive immigration laws that meet the needs of our economy while expecting human dignity and the right to work.”

The League of United Latin American Citizens 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 councils nationwide.

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