Obama speaking today at the League of United Latin American Citizens on immigrants. He said that Americans have nothing to fear from new comers, because they come in the hopes that in America you can make it if you try. (0:28)
Obama calls for a comprehensive immigration policy reform at the League of United Latin American Citizens conference. Obama says that he will do it on his first term as president of the United States. (0:43)
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) spoke today at the League of United Latin American Citizens about the founding of LULAC. He said that American’s have a fundamental belief that American’s rise and fall together, so they need to work together in orders to succeed. (0:36)
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) spoke today at the League of United Latin American Citizens about the changes he would make in his first year as president, calling comprehensive immigration and health care reform his top priorities.
Obama said that the United States cannot afford the Bush economic policies that Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) will be following, but need to give tax breaks to ordinary working Americans, not outsource American jobs, solve the housing crisis and invest in infrastructure that will create jobs and make the U.S. competitive for the future in a global market.
America doesn’t need a government that will solve all their problems. Obama said that Latinos embody the spirit of the American dream and that America has nothing to fear from new comers because America was always a land of immigrants. Obama stressed the need to treat immigrants and new citizens equally so as not to create “two classes of citizens.”
Obama praised Latin Americans for their hard work and desire to live the American dream. He urged Latinos to register to vote and to become active in government at a grassroots level, so that the people will create a comprehensive government that works for all Americans, “a government that represents all not some.” Sen. Obama also spoke on how McCain changed views on immigration reform, creating a comprehensive plan but then failed to vote for it. America needs a president who is not going to walk away from comprehensive reforms if it becomes unpopular, Obama said, and that is his top priority in the first year of his presidency.
Small business owners gathered at the 2008 National Small Business Summit held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. Guest speaker William D. Novelli, Chief Executive Officer of American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) doled out alarming statistics saying that only a fifth of American workers have a defined pension plan and only half of all Americans have money in their retirement fund. Kathleen Casey-Kirschling, the woman who is recognized as the first of 78 million baby boomers, just received her Social Security retirement benefit. (more…)
Mark Krikorian, the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, compares the economic effects of immigration to growth in the south due to slavery. Krikorian says that the expansion of slavery improved the quality of life for native born Americans in the south, and parallels can be drawn to current immigration issues. (0:41)
Tamar Jacoby, the president and CEO of Immigration Works USA, says that immigrants have a negative affect on the economy and over time, will lower the wages of unskilled Americans. (0:50)
The Woodrow Wilson Center hosted a colloquium on “The Economic Effect of Immigration: Implications for Income and Employment of Low-Skill Labor in the United States.” Speakers at the colloquium included Tamar Jacoby, president and CEO of Immigration Works USA, and Mark Krikorian, Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies. (more…)
Among differing views concerning the subcommittee’s jurisdiction, the House Subcommittee on Border Maritime and Global Counterterrorism met to analyze the current state of security found at the United States’s borders and ports of entry. Multiple witnesses expressed support for Rep. Heath Shuler’s (D-N.C.) Secure America with Verification and Enforcement Act (SAVE Act,) an act that would increase the number of border patrol agents, enlarge specialized enforcement programs, and mandate the Employment Verification Program (E-Verify) among employers. (more…)
Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey discusses raids on illegal immigrants and the effects it has on children. A hearing was held this morning in the Rayburn House building to discuss the recent raids and the increasing concern that children are being left without their parents causing stress and in some cases post traumatic stress disorder in some children. (0:32)
