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Civil rights groups denounce 'immigrant bashing'

Gathering in D.C. prompted by Marcelo Lucero's slaying

Prompted by the murder of a Latino immigrant in Patchogue, civil rights leaders gathered Monday in Washington, D.C., and denounced Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, other political leaders and media outlets for fostering intolerance through "immigrant bashing."

Janet Murguía, president of the Latino civil rights organization National Council of La Raza, criticized Levy for pushing an anti-immigration...

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