"The most frightening thing about these numbers is what goes unrecorded, " said Janet Murguia, president of the National Council of La Raza, the Hispanic civil rights advocacy group.
As president of the National Council of La Raza, the largest Hispanic civil rights organization in the United States, Murguia recently delivered an important speech to the National Press Club.
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In 2006, the Supreme Court ruled that Texas's prior redistricting process violated minority rights by diminishing Hispanic representation in the 23rd House district, a protected majority-Hispanic district.
Civil rights groups, labor unions and Hispanic organizations have rushed to his defense, calling him a strong leader and forceful advocate for labor rights.
Seventeen white candidates and one Hispanic sued, claiming a violation of their legal and constitutional rights.
Zimmerman has said he shot Martin in self-defense, but Martin's family and civil rights activists across the country said Zimmerman, who is white and Hispanic, racially profiled Martin and ignored a 911 dispatcher's advice not to follow him.
Martin's family and civil rights activists from across the country claim that Zimmerman, who is white and Hispanic, racially profiled the 17-year-old and ignored a 911 dispatcher's advice not to follow him.
In a recent case, a majority of the Justices applied a provision of the Voting Rights Act to reject part of a Texas redistricting plan that was found to hurt Hispanic voters.
Few people know the obstacles ahead in the immigration debate better than Munoz, who spent two decades as an immigration rights activist at the National Council of La Raza, the nation's largest Hispanic advocacy organization.
Last year, Munoz was promoted to head of the Domestic Policy Council, becoming the highest-ranking Hispanic in the White House and taking charge of a wide swath of policies, including education and gay rights.
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