Latino group leader rebuked for backing Trump border plan

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  • Author(s): By:RUSSELL CONTRERAS Associated Press
  • Source:
    Associated Press News Service, The, February 1, 2018 Domestic, 1pp
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    • Abstract:
      ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The chief executive officer of the oldest Latino civil rights organization in the U.S. is rebuking the group's elected president for endorsing President Donald Trump's immigration plan that seeks to build a border wall. League of United Latin American Citizens CEO Brent Wilkes said late Wednesday a letter to Trump from group president Roger Rocha was a "clear contradiction" of its immigration reform stance...