Immigration reform is civil rights issue for Latinos: Menendez
By The Jersey Journal
April 01, 2010, 1:44PM
Sen. Robert Menendez told the Star-Ledger editorial board yesterday that to Latinos, immigration reform is a civil rights issue. U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez told The Star-Ledger editorial board yesterday that to Latinos,immigration reform is the civil rights issue of their time.Menendez, the former Union City mayor and son of Cuban immigrants, choked up when he spoke about getting to the Senate and hearing senators refer to "those people."
"In my life, I've had a series of firsts, and I've heard along the way what that means, 'those people,'" Menendez said.
"Latinos, when they hear 'those people,' when they hear the immigration debate, when they hear how it's phrased, they view that issue beyond their undocumented brothers and sisters, they view it about
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