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Marcelo Lucero

Calling Donald Trump “a symbol of hate against my community and the immigrant community in general,” the brother of murdered Ecuadorian immigrant Marcelo Lucero asked that Thursday’s planned Trump visit to Patchogue be called off.

Immigrant rights activists to Trump: No more hate speeches!

Culture

Immigrant advocates in Patchogue, on New York’s Long Island, say Donald Trump’s politics fuel anti-immigrant attitudes and his upcoming visit will stir painful memories of a 2008 hate crime that happened there.

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