League of United Latin American Citizens
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The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is a political advocacy group for Latinos in the United States. Founded in 1929 in Corpus Christi, Texas, LULAC is the nation's oldest Hispanic organization. According to its website, LULAC has "approximately 115,000 members throughout the United States and Puerto Rico", which it claims also makes it the nation's largest Hispanic organization. The current president is Hector M. Flores.
According to the LULAC website,
"LULAC advances the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, health and civil rights of Hispanic Americans through community-based programs operating at more than 700 LULAC councils nationwide. The organization involves and serves all Hispanic nationality groups."
LULAC was the lead plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court case Hernandez v. Texas. In its landmark decision, the Warren court decided that Mexican Americans were a distinct ethnic group and were thus guaranteed equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
In a criticism echoed on many anti-illegal immigration and conservative websites, Joseph Fallon, a writer for the Social Contract Press (a group which supports immigration reduction and population control), accuses LULAC of being a Hispanic supremacist hate group. The accusation is based on LULAC's 1977 adoption of the stance that Latinos are a distinct ethnic group from Whites, the organization's support for bilingualism, and its demands that Hispanics be appointed to posts in the government.Fallon, Joseph. ["Funding Hate - Foundations and the Radical Hispanic Lobby- Part III"]. The Social Contract Press, Fall 2000.
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