Sen. Booker Hosts Roundtable Discussion with Leaders from New Jersey's Latino Community as part of #JerseyRoadTrip

To kick-off day six of his #JerseyRoadTrip, today U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) hosted his second roundtable discussion with leaders from New Jersey’s Latino community to discuss federal policies pertaining to criminal justice reform, immigration, education and small businesses. 

The discussion, which Sen. Booker convened at William Paterson University in Wayne,  included members of the legal, health and business communities, non-profit leaders and immigration rights advocates from across the state.  This is the second roundtable discussion Sen. Booker hosted this year with leaders in the Latino community, with the first convened at his Newark office in March.

“Today's discussion provided incredibly important insights from a community whose perspective and potential are so vital to our state,” said Sen. Booker “Whether it’s reforming our nation’s broken criminal justice system to make it more just, fixing our nation’s immigration system to keep families together or making access to healthcare more equitable, we have so much work to do to close the gaps in opportunity that persist for too many Latino families.  When it comes to tackling these big issues, there’s not only so much at stake for the Latino community, but ultimately, for all American communities. I look forward to continuing these conversations as we work together on solutions that will help move our state and our nation forward."