Remembering Marcelo Lucero: One Year Later

Nov 5th, 2009 - The Huffington Post

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Remembering Marcelo Lucero: One Year Later

A year ago Sunday, a group of teens left Marcelo Lucero bleeding and dying on a street in Patchogue, New York - with a knife wound to the chest. Lucero, 37, was an immigrant from Ecuador whose death has become a national symbol of civil rights and humanity in a country that too often abandons its founding ideals.

As Americans remember the tragic murder on Long Island, real immigration reform is currently on the slow track in Washington, even though 100 House Democrats sent a letter to President Obama urging action this Congressional session. Yet this week's election results have some ominous signs: Republican gubernatorial candidates who promised more hardline immigration stances - fueled by pure hatred - won races in Virginia and New Jersey.

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