Diversity Inc. is reporting "the groups in opposition are the Hispanic Federation, the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, the League of United Latin American Citizens, the National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, and the William C. Velasquez Institute." They are calling it, "immigrant apartheid." Interestingly enough, The National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the nation's largest Latino civil-rights group, was not part of the coalition of six groups. Antonio Gonzalez, president of the William C. Velasquez Institute Antonio Gonzalez had this to say: "If enacted, the current Senate proposal would codify a system of immigrant apartheid as United States policy, which is despicable and not supported by the Latino community." I don't know enough about the immigration bill to have an educated opinion, but since I am blogging about it, I'll need to do some further resea...
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