The Senate’s sole Hispanic Democrat says Latinos lost one of their greatest champions in Sen. Ted Kennedy.
Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., said in a statement this morning Kennedy “will always have a place of honor in the Latino community as someone who stood up and fought for the rights of immigrants and the issues that affected the community at a time when few others would.”
Menendez and Kennedy, a lifelong champion of civil rights, worked together to craft immigration reform legislation which ultimately failed. Menendez said it was “inspiring” to work with Kennedy, regarded as one of the finest legislators ever to serve in the Senate.
“I considered him not only a colleague, but a true friend in the Senate,” said Menendez, the son of Cuban immigrants. READ FULL STORY
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