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Senator Joe Dunn introduces legislation to
redress illegal deportations of Americans
and legal immigrants
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FLASH!
LULAC MEMBER THREATENED WITH
DEATH...MAYWOOD CITY COUNCIL
MEMBER FELIPE AGUIRRE WAS TARGET
OF "HIT-MAN"
Felipe Aguirre, Mayor Pro-Tem of the City of
Maywood and member of the Maywood LULAC
Council was targeted for death according to a
restraining order signed on July 18, 2006 by a Los
Angeles Superior Court Judge. Following a press
conference called by LULAC State Civil Rights
Commission the alleged perpetrator -- after having
been released -- was charged and ordered
re-arrested by the District Attorney's office. Click
below to hear news report by Patricia Nazario of
KPCC radio.

"Take care of your
family first. But
then reach out to
your neighbor,
your block, your
city, your country.
Everybody wants
change, but they
want it to come by
way of somebody
else…If you wait
for the
government, you’ll
wait a long time."
Olmos, Edward
James

California LULAC--The League of United Latin American Citizens

LULAC Historia en California y en
el E.E.U.U.

In California, LULAC was originally founded as the United Spanish American
Workers of America and subsequently affiliated nationally with LULAC.

Click here to see California LULAC's Articles of Incorporation dating from 1939

Amongst CA LULAC's many achievements was the Mendez decision from Orange
County, which formed the basis the better known Brown v Board of Education
Supreme Court decision outlawing racial segregation in education.

When the United States annexed a third of Mexico's territory following the Mexican
War, nearly 77,000 Mexicans became U.S. Citizens. These new citizens were
systematically discriminated against, denied voting rights, excluded from decent
jobs or a good education and subjected to unprovoked physical violence. The sign,
"No Mexicans Allowed" was to be found everywhere.

Latino Americans responded by building a strong tradition of self-determination.
Service organizations were started to champion Latino rights and in 1929, a
number of these groups met in Corpus Christi, Texas and merged into a single
self-help organization, the League of United Latin American Citizens. LULAC
councils spread throughout Texas, and into 45 states across the country.

As LULAC grew , so did our achievements. LULAC-sponsored lawsuits resulted in
landmark court decisions abolishing Latino school segregation and guaranteeing
Latinos the right to sit on juries. LULAC's "Little Schools of the 400" became the
model for the enormously successful Headstart program. We have trained and
found jobs for thousands of Latinos, built housing for thousands more, provided 5
million in scholarship aid to Latino students, launched programs for youth, women,
the elderly and the disabled and reached out in cooperative alliance with corporate
America.