Clinton schedules stop at Latino conference

Hillary Clinton will speak at the League of United Latin American Citizens conference in Washington, D.C., the group said Thursday. 

The announcement came on the same day that both Clinton and Donald Trump skipped another major Hispanic conference that was also in Washington.

{mosads}“LULAC is honored to have the first woman to lead a major party ticket address our national convention in July,” LULAC National President Roger C. Rocha Jr. said in a statement sent out by the group. 

“As one of the country’s most influential leaders, LULAC is eager to hear Secretary Clinton’s vision and her plans to address the issues of importance to the Latino community.”

The LULAC conference takes place from July 12 through July 16. It’s unclear on which day Clinton will speak. 

But while Bernie Sanders gave the keynote address at the National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO) conference Thursday, neither presumptive presidential nominee attended that event. 

Clinton spoke at last year’s event. NALEO executive director Arturo Vargas called the snub by both candidates this year a “slap in the face” in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.

Xochitl Hinojosa, a Clinton spokeswoman, said in a statement that the Democratic White House hopeful is “committed to engaging the Latino community and having an open dialogue on the issues that impact them the most.”

“This is why one of her first speeches on the campaign was on fixing our immigration system and providing relief for families; one of her first meetings was with DREAMers in Nevada; and she was one of the first candidates to call out Trump for his hateful rhetoric, and did so at NALEO and NCLR’s conferences last year,” she said.

Clinton has made immigration reform a key part of her campaign, drawing a contrast with Trump, who has called for mass deportations.