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Univision anchor Jorge Ramos | Getty Univision journalists to Trump: 'Reinstate The Washington Post's press credentials'

A day after Donald Trump announced he was revoking The Washington Post’s press credentials to cover his campaign events, more than 100 journalists working for Spanish-language media giant Univision have signed an open letter to the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

“Mr. Trump, we as journalists of Univision News, are deeply troubled by your decision to revoke the Washington Post’s press credentials,” the letter reads. “Your action is unprecedented and dangerous. In the United States, mainstream press organizations are always granted access to presidential candidates events. Never before have so many of them been denied this access.”

“In the United States candidates for public office have always accepted that some of the news coverage they receive will be critical,” the letter continues. “Candidates often answer unfavorable coverage, arguing that it was inaccurate or unfair. What they don't do – not in the United States – is attempt to choke off coverage by denying press organizations access to campaign events.”

One-hundred fourteen Univision journalists, including "Noticiero Univision" anchors Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas, Univision chief news and digital officer Isaac Lee and correspondent and anchor Enrique Acevedo, urged Trump to reinstate the Post’s press credentials in the letter.

“We at Univision News stand foursquare with The Washington Post as it endeavors to cover this election in a manner consistent with its own editorial judgment,” they wrote.

Univision is one of nearly two dozen press organizations that has been denied access to Trump campaign events since the businessman announced he was running for president about a year ago. Trump justified blocking Univision from his events at the time, saying that litigation with Univision over a Miss Universe lawsuit, which has since been settled, was a conflict of interest.

In July of last year, Ramos was kicked out of a Trump press conference for asking about immigration policy. Since then, Univision reporters have only occasionally been credentialed for a Trump event. In February, Trump said he would sit down with Ramos for an interview, but the campaign has not yet agreed to one.

