FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dec 15, 2008



ANOTHER PERCEIVED HATE CRIME MURDER PROMPTS LATINO LEADERS TO CALL FOR PASSAGE OF HATE CRIMES BILL

Washington, DC—Today the National Council of La Raza (NCLR)—the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States—joined leaders from the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda on Capitol Hill to urge Congress and the new Administration to make passage of the “Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Actâ€