“Latino voters must take stock of who is with us and who is against us,” said Ben Monterroso, Exec. Dir. of Mi Familia Vota at a recent press conference.
At a press conference last week, a coalition of national Latino organizations issued an urgent call to Latino voters—who are likely to be key factors in several highly contested elections across the nation—to participate in the upcoming midterm election.
“We are urging Latino voters to take a stand for respect and against the attacks on our long and proud history in America,” said Clarissa Martínez De Castro, Director of Immigration and National Campaigns at NCLR. “We have an opportunity to show politicians who are blocking progress on issues that matter to our community, as well as those who stand on the sidelines while our community is under attack, that they need to start working toward solutions or get out of the way. These issues matter to all Americans, and fixing our immigration system, jobs, health care, and education is also part and parcel of fixing our economy.”
The coalition members also outlined their plans to energize Hispanic turnout in November through a series of new public service announcements, a national voter hotline, and stepped-up get-out-the-vote efforts focused on transforming voter anger toward the tone of this year’s campaigns into action.
“While midterm election years are often challenging, Latinos realize that there are many important issues at stake and we can’t afford to sit this one out,” added Rafael Collazo, National Deputy Director of Democracia U.S.A. “I think that’s why we’ve seen such great voter registration numbers and an increased interest in participating; our job will be to keep that momentum going so that we show a strong turnout on November 2.”
The event gathered a number of national Latino organization engaged in voter registration, education, and protection, including Democracia U.S.A., Hispanic Federation, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Mi Familia Vota, the National
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