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Legislators sponsored the bill at the behest of autism advocacy groups and in response to consumer complaints over denied insurance claims for such services as speech therapy and magnetic-imaging tests.
In December, advocacy groups, including the Workplace Project and the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF), submitted conclusive proof that the evictions were discriminatory--every single person evicted was Latino, while they are only 8 percent of the town's population.
Inspired by the millions of immigrants who took to the streets to demand legal residency, Latino advocacy groups and politicians have called for a national Latino congress to keep the issue in the political spotlight.
 
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