Domingo Garcia takes reins of LULAC as it strives to reach younger Latinos

Garcia said he was encouraged by others to run for LULAC's highest post because of his work on civil rights and immigration reform. He said he hopes his commitment to pro-immigrant policies will restore public confidence in LULAC.

"We're at a crucial point in history when Latinos are under attack," Garcia said. "People wanted a national voice that would speak for them in a strong and uniting manner."

Garcia, who ran unsuccessfully for the same post in 2013, served as a Dallas City Council member from 1991-1995 and was the first Latino elected Mayor Pro Tem in Dallas.

While a member of the Texas House of Representatives, Garcia co-authored a 2001 measure signed into law by then-Gov. Rick Perry that granted unauthorized immigrants in Texas the right to pay in-state tuition at public state universities as long as they graduated from a Texas high school.

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