News Releases
Official updates from NCLR
Fairness, Equality, and Shared Responsibility: State of the Union a Promising Start
January 25, 2012Applauding President Obama’s themes of economic fairness and shared responsibility during his State of the Union address, Janet Murguía, NCLR (National Council of La Raza) President and CEO, challenges Congress and the administration to enact commonsense policies that not only strengthen the middle class, but also ensure that economic mobility is achievable for hardworking Latinos.
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Las Próximas Primarias de Florida Son Primordiales Para El Voto Latino
January 24, 2012Con la carrera republicana en marcha por la nominación de su candidato presidencial, Florida, una vez más, jugará un papel crucial en la elección del candidato del partido.
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Upcoming Florida Primary Pivotal for Hispanic Vote
January 23, 2012With the Republican race for the presidential nomination in flux, Florida will once again play a major role in deciding the party’s candidate for president.
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NCLR Representatives Available for Comment on State of the Union Address
January 23, 2012On Tuesday, January 24 at 9:00 p.m. EST, President Barack Obama will deliver his annual State of the Union Address to Congress.
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NCLR Joins Community Groups for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service
January 12, 2012NCLR (National Council of La Raza) will honor the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday on Monday, January 16, by carrying out community service activities throughout the nation.
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NCLR Celebrates President Obama’s Appointment of Cecila Muñoz
January 10, 2012NCLR (National Council of La Raza) hails President Obama’s historic appointment of Cecilia Muñoz to serve as Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council (DPC). Muñoz is the first Hispanic to serve in that position, and she is the highest-ranking Latina in the White House.
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Year-end Report Looks At Failures of Anti-Immigrant Bills in 2011
January 10, 2012As comprehensive immigration reform remained stalled in Congress in 2011, the issue persisted as a top priority among state legislatures that pushed various bills targeting undocumented immigrants.
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NCLR Applauds Obama Administration’s Commonsense Fix to Help Legal Immigrant Families Stay Together
January 06, 2012NCLR (National Council of La Raza) today lauded the Obama administration’s announcement that it will begin a process to allow certain visa applicants to file a request for a family unity waiver in the U.S.
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NCLR Applauds Appointment of Cordray as Head of the CFPB
January 04, 2012NCLR (National Council of La Raza) applauds President Obama’s decision today to appoint Richard Cordray as the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) through a recess appointment.
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NCLR Hails Settlement with Countrywide over Deceptive Lending Practices
December 21, 2011Earlier today, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement with Countrywide Financial Corp. over numerous violations of fair lending laws. NCLR (National Council of La Raza) applauds DOJ for holding Countrywide accountable for misleading thousands of homeowners and steering unsuspecting families to risky and expensive home loans.
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DOJ Investigation Reveals Discriminatory Treatment of Latinos by Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office
December 15, 2011NCLR (National Council of La Raza) today hailed the swift response of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Home Security (DHS) following the release of DOJ’s findings in its ongoing civil rights investigation of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO).
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LÍDERES DEL CONGRESO SE EMPEÑAN EN OFRECER DESGRAVACIONES FISCALES PARA LA CLASE MEDIA
December 14, 2011Mientras el Congreso se empeña en aprobar un paquete tributario antes de fin de año, la propuesta de los legisladores republicanos de la Cámara de Representantes consiste en prohibir que los contribuyentes inmigrantes habilitados reciban un Crédito Tributario por Hijo reintegrable para pagar el plan de desgravación fiscal que proponen.
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Congress Seeks to Provide Tax Relief for the Middle Class by Increasing the Tax Burden on Immigrants
December 13, 2011As Congress scrambles to pass a tax package before the end of the year, Republican lawmakers in the House of Representatives have proposed prohibiting eligible immigrant taxpayers from receiving a refundable Child Tax Credit in order to pay for their tax relief plan. NCLR (National Council of La Raza) supports middle-class tax relief but is outraged that congressional leaders would pay for it by taking $9 billion out of the pockets of hardworking and mostly poor immigrants who are raising families.
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NCLR Urges Supreme Court to Reject Arizona’s SB 1070
December 12, 2011The U.S. Supreme Court today agreed to review Arizona’s draconian anti-immigrant law, SB 1070, after an earlier ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit blocked the most controversial provisions in the law.
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Lack of Accurate Information Has Made Latino Youth “Virtually Invisible” in Illinois
December 12, 2011According to a study released today by NCLR (National Council of La Raza) Illinois’ law enforcement and courts collect far too little statistical information about Latino youth in the state’s juvenile justice system to implement policy changes and preventative strategies that would reduce the numbers of Latino ensnared in the system.
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Immigrant and Civil Rights Groups Join Together to Repeal HB 56
December 09, 2011Immigrant rights advocates and civil rights leaders from Alabama and across the country are working on repealing HB 56 during a summit hosted by the Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM) Dec. 16-17.
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NCLR Dismayed by Failure to Confirm Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
December 08, 2011In a show of deference to Wall Street banks and the financial industry, the Senate voted 53–45 to block President Obama’s nominee, Richard Cordray, to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). NCLR (National Council of La Raza) has supported the goals behind the creation of the CFPB from the beginning and is disappointed in the Senate for once again letting powerful special interests stand in the way of progress.
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NCLR Joins Sen. Menendez, Congressional Hispanic Caucus in Urging Senate to Confirm Aponte
December 06, 2011NCLR (National Council of La Raza) today commended Sen. Robert Menendez (D–NJ) and the members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) led by Chair Charlie Gonzalez (D–TX) for urging the U.S. Senate to act quickly in confirming Mari Carmen Aponte as the U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador.
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NCLR Dissapointed in Congress for Failure to Extend Payroll Tax Cut
December 02, 2011Yesterday, the Senate voted down an extension of the federal payroll tax cut, which would have provided much-needed relief to workers. The legislation failed due to Congress’s inability to compromise on how to pay for the extension. NCLR (National Council of La Raza) is dismayed that the gridlock in Congress prevented the passage of another piece of legislation that is essential to sustaining this country’s fragile economic growth.
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NCLR To Be Co-Convener of “We Are One” Conference
November 30, 2011NCLR is proud to be a co-convener of the We Are One, “Moving America Forward” Conference, a national train-the-trainer event for more than1,000 labor and community organizers who will meet in Phoenix from Thursday, Dec. 1 to Sunday, Dec. 4.
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