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LULAC Supports Statutes Against Racial Profiling.

2007 Comprehensive Racial Profiling Bills Introduced in the States.

February 9, 2007

Contact: Lizette Jenness Olmos
(202) 833-6130 ext. 16
 

Washington, DC –The League of United Latin American Citizens strongly condemns discrimination and racial profiling and encourages efforts in by some states to pass bills aimed at ending racial profiling.

“We applaud the leadership efforts of state legislators who have introduced comprehensive bills to prevent racial profiling like the one passed recently in Rhode Island,” said LULAC National President Rosa Rosales. “States should not tolerate any kind of discrimination or racial profiling that targets individuals based on race, color or creed. LULAC applauds state efforts in passing this type of legislation.”

LULAC supports a strong statutory definition of racial profiling along with the institution of data collection systems by law enforcement. We are concerned with the growth of hate groups and we encourage Congress to strongly monitor agencies and their enforcement of hate-crimes laws.

LULAC opposes any effort to amend the US Constitution in any manner that reduces the protection of any individual’s rights on the basis of national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, age or disability.

The League of United Latin American Citizens, the oldest and largest Hispanic membership organization in the country, advances the economic conditions, 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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