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History And Political Views Of The LULAC Community

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The purpose of writing about LULAC is to know more about the history and political views of this particular group. As well the effect it has on policy making to serve the minority they represent. Moreover, the civil duties and services it provides for the people they are serving to. Lastly, any other impacts they may have both positive and negative effects they pose as a group. Therefore it is important to realize that LULAC plays an important role as a group for the demographic they serve, but as well a model for any other groups. LULAC is one of the oldest organization of Hispanic Americans in the United States. The United Latin American Citizens was created on February 17, 1929, and set an “important milestone” (Yarsinske 7) of Hispanic …show more content…

Kaplowitz states that LULAC leaders were a “merger of several community groups” and most of its leadership was comprised of “middle-class Mexican Americans.” The “racial segregation” (Cepeda 37) practices were not only against African Americans, but as well it was towards Mexicans based on “language, national origin, and immigration status” (Cepeda 37) in the Southern states. To represent those who been discriminated and need legal services during that time were LULAC even though they were “young, decentralized, and underfunded” (Cepeda 37), but had the “will to fight” (Cepeda 37), make change come about, and “the fire” (Cepeda 37) for civil rights. The creation of LULAC helped many Hispanics then and even until this day still fighting many “social problem[s]” (Murata 4) that many Latinos face in today’s …show more content…

The importance of citizenship is to give immigrants an “electoral representation” (Sapunar 6) and receive “the benefits” (Sapunar 6) that the recipients of legalization status that pay taxes like any other “American citizen” (Sapunar 6) would. The “Immigration system” (Sapunar 6) is outdated and faulty that it has an “absence of a pathway to citizenship” (Sapunar 6). Margaret Moran states that LULAC “adopted” a National Policy Platform 2011-2012” that opposes “any legislation” that threatens the Latino community such as the “rights of immigrants,” and that “criminalizes them and those” who provide them “assistance.” There are too many “restrictions (Fuentes 25) when it comes to this path to naturalization. In the case of Newman v. INS (originally LULAC v. INS) which challenges the INS and its interpretation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act 1986, which gave a onetime only, were aliens can apply for a lawful temporary resident status. LULAC challenge the INS “facially visa” rule where aliens who briefly departed and return to the United States and presented such entry documents were denied for the amnesty program and as a result, their applications for legalization

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