Coronavirus and the Latin Community

Garcia had also said that the coronavirus has opened up a new civil rights campaign, as Latino people experience a pandemic that exploits existing inequalities in health and income as well as ethnic and racial disparities.

LULAC released Tuesday a report outlining the effect of the three authorized relief packages on Latinos and efforts to force Congress and the government to acknowledge the numerous Hispanics.

"Latino communities and all communities of color in the U.S. are being affected disproportionately by the spread of coronavirus," LULAC said in its report. "How the government responds will impact the Latino community for years to come and set a precedent for how the U.S. government responds during times of crisis and how it deals with the exigent needs of underserved communities of color."

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