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"When we look at how we got here, it is clear that Hillary Clinton is the candidate who can move our country forward, especially on the issues of biggest import to Latinos across the country,” said NCLR Action Fund Chairman and PAC Board Member Danny Ortega.

Ortega said Trump's campaign rhetoric also motivated the group to endorse Clinton.

“There is no place in the White House for a person who anchored his campaign on deeply rooted hatred, bigotry and misogyny. Latinos will be asked: what did we do to prevent this demagogue, who openly attacked us, from becoming President. The one thing we cannot afford to sit at home on Election Day,” Ortega said.

Clinton and Trump are expected to be asked about immigration reform at the debate in Nevada, where Hispanics could play a large role in determining who takes the state on Election Day.

The Hispanic population in Nevada is one of the fastest-growing in the country, and, along with its counterparts in Florida and Colorado, has been targeted by Democrats as crucial in winning swing states for Clinton.

NCLR itself can't endorse candidates because of its tax exempt status, but explicitly denied Trump an invitation to its annual conference in June. To keep the event non-partisan, Clinton wasn't invited either.

“Mr. Trump has, without relent and without apology, engaged in a concerted effort to denigrate and demonize not just immigrants but the entire 55-million-plus Latinos in this country,” NCLR president Janet Murguía said in June.