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NCLR Conference to Focus on the Key Issues Facing Latino Voters
Jul 03, 2008
NCLR will discuss the key issues facing Latino voters at the 2008 NCLR Annual Conference which will be held July 12-15 at the San Diego Convention Center.
NCLR President and CEO Janet Murguía will also issue a challenge to both presidential candidates to ask for their help in ensuring that their respective parties refrain from scapegoating immigrants and Latinos during the election season. Senator Barack Obama will address Conference participants on Sunday, July 13 at 11:00 a.m. and Senator John McCain will speak on Monday, July 14 at 12:30 p.m.
Murguía will highlight some of the key issues at the NCLR conference including the mortgage and foreclosure crisis, the lack of accessible health insurance, the critical need to reform our broken immigration system, and the Latino vote. As the fastest-growing segment of the electorate, Latino voter turnout is expected to reach historic levels in 2008 and will be the deciding factor in who serves as the next U.S. president.
Other political leaders who will speak at the 2008 NCLR Annual Conference include San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, U.S. Representative Joe Baca (D–CA), Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, U.S. Representative Loretta Sanchez (D–CA), and California State Assembly Members Lori Saldaña and Mary Salas.