LULAC National President expresses concerns over ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

SAN BENITO, Texas – The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) had its national president, Roman Palomares, be a guest speaker for the Juan Rivera, Sr., and Veteran’s LULAC Council located in San Benito this past Monday.

After the meeting had ended, Palomares gave an exclusive interview to the Rio Grande Guardian. In the interview, he spoke about LULAC’s concern with parts of the Trump administration’s domestic policy, and in particular what is known as the “Big, Beautiful Bill.” The bill was approved by the House of Representatives May 22 and moved to the Senate. It proposes budget cuts specifically targeting health care, SNAP programs, and the Department of Education. Palomares said the bill would have a negative effect on minority communities because they rely on those programs.

“We are a nonpartisan organization, but we have to protect the Hispanic community,” Palomares said.

Eighty-seven percent of folks located in the Rio Grande Valley or South Texas struggle to pay for health care, according to FamiliaUSA. The Rio Grande Valley also has the second highest enrollment of Medicaid in Texas. The proposed bill has an estimated increase of 10.9 million people that would be left without health insurance, according to PBS.

“We are concerned about some of the actions that are being taken by this administration that hurt our minority communities,” Palomares said. “We are addressing those, as executive orders are being issued.”

Palomares left the LULAC Rio Grande Valley chapter with a message of awareness about the bill. He said it would affect the Latino community negatively and the community should fight back.

“We are concerned about Latinos across the country, and we want to make sure those senators around the country – especially here in Texas– understand those cuts are going to affect the Hispanic community and it is their job as representatives, as senators, to protect the constituents they represent,” Palomares said.

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