Latino Groups Take Sides in Natural Resources Fight

By Emma Dumain, Roll Call

Two prominent Latino organizations have come out in support of Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva for ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee.

Though the panel deals with environmental concerns, the outside groups see the Arizona Democrat’s ascent to a leadership role as one that would be a boon to a variety of causes they support – including immigration.

“Like environmental efforts, [the National Hispanic Latino Agenda] is also keenly interested in immigration reform; it is an urgent NHLA priority,” the umbrella group of 36 separate like-minded organizations wrote to members of the House Democratic Steering Committee on Wednesday. “The immigration policy debate now unfolding in Washington, especially in the House and Senate, intersects in a number of significant crosscutting ways with the work and policy issues of the Natural Resources Committee.

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