Our History

The marches in the Spring of 2006 reflected the resolve of our community's committment to fair change. City after city joined the marches and the millions of voices that gathered across the nation let it be known that "El pueblo unido jamas sera vencido." This translates into "The united people cannot be defeated." We marched, rallied, some of us boycotted, lobbied and voted.

On election day our nation's leaders chose to be indirect when asked about immigration reform. Many elected to state what should be focused on first is the securing of our borders. The only problem is that they would not comment further on this issue. Many of us were looking for candidates that promised immigration reform. Many of us voted for a candidate that was unclear on this issue and when a new majority took control of congress, many of us lost.

The last step to be taken for political change is not the vote. We recognized this after the 2006 elections. El Pueblo Unido members chose to seek out potential candidates who reflected the community's views and support them into office in order to not rely on the "maybe candidate."