{"id":621586,"date":"2026-02-28T05:31:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T05:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/621586\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T05:31:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T05:31:27","slug":"houstons-cinco-de-mayo-parade-canceled-this-year-amid-ice-concerns-lulac-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/621586\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston&#8217;s Cinco De Mayo parade canceled this year amid ICE concerns, LULAC says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The League of United Latin Citizens&#8217; annual Cinco De Mayo Parade has been canceled this year due to increasing concerns about ICE presence, the organization said in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to LULAC representatives, the decision came after the parade committee, in consultation with district leadership, voted to cancel the 2026 parade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The safety of our children and their parents remains our highest priority,&#8221; LULAC said. &#8220;While Cinco de Mayo is an important cultural celebration that honors heritage, pride, and community unity, no event outweighs the responsibility we have to protect our families.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/houston-cinco-de-mayo-celebrations-lulac-district-viii-hosted-annual-parade-downtown-saturday-may-3-2025\/16276415\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cinco de Mayo parade brings joy of community and culture to heart of downtown;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Cinco de Mayo parade brings joy of community and culture to heart of downtown<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Although the parade won&#8217;t be held this year, the committee insisted that the event will return.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We look forward to bringing the parade back next year under conditions that allow our community to gather freely, safely, and without fear.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The League of United Latin Citizens&#8217; annual Cinco De Mayo Parade has been canceled this year due to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":621587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5130],"tags":[265999,4345,266000,200553,358,3187],"class_list":["post-621586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-cinco-de-mayo","tag-houston","tag-league-of-united-latin-citizens","tag-lulac","tag-texas","tag-tx"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116146620605024246","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}