Thread: Pandering Obama pushes jobs plan as help for Hispanics

Obama pushes jobs plan as help for Hispanics

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President Barack Obama speaks at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute 34th annual awards gala in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011. (AP Photo - Cliff Owen)

"Lift up your voices," he told an audience that included Princess Cristina of Spain and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. "Make yourselves heard."

People saved their loudest approval for the president's assurance that he remained determined to pass a rewrite the nation's immigration laws to offer a pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Courting Hispanics while promoting his new jobs plan, President Barack Obama on Wednesday told a black-tie Latino audience that his $447 billion package of tax cuts and public works spending would put more money in the pockets of Latino workers and business owners and increase opportunities for Hispanics.

The president made his pitch to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's 34th Annual Awards Gala. The event is part of Hispanic Heritage Month.

Addressing an important constituency both in the voting population and in Congress, the president kept up his vigorous public relations campaign for his economic measures while also beseeching the crowd to help him pass his education and immigration agenda.

"Lift up your voices," he told an audience that included Princess Cristina of Spain and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. "Make yourselves heard."

Obama's economic plan, the administration's top priority, received polite applause from the crowd. People saved their loudest approval for the president's assurance that he remained determined to pass a rewrite the nation's immigration laws to offer a pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants.

Blaming Republican resistance, he said: "It's been a long and frustrating road for all of us".

Obama said changes in immigration law are key to economic growth and would fulfill what he called "the idea of America."

"No matter what you may hear, in this country there is no 'us' or 'them.' There is only 'us.' One nation, under God, indivisible," he said. "And immigrants are part of that American family and a source of our strength."

In advance of his remarks, the White House said the jobs proposal would lower payroll taxes for about 25 million Hispanic workers and about 250,000 Hispanic-owned businesses, statistics cited by the president to argue his case. Moreover, the White House said the legislation could help the 344,000 Hispanics no longer working as carpenters or as construction laborers because of the recession.

"You know how hard this recession has hit families, especially Latino families," Obama said.

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute also presented its 2011 Chairman's Award to Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.

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Wow! for some reason the White didn't post this little meeting on it's website or youtube, but they posted last years!

Originally Posted by stevetheroofer

Wow! for some reason the White didn't post this little meeting on it's website or youtube, but they posted last years!

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They are still waiting LaRaza's approval for the White House Press Release

I like how the first person of color as president is the most raciest president ever !

"No matter what you may hear, in this country there is no 'us' or 'them.' There is only 'us.' One nation, under God, indivisible," he said. "And immigrants are part of that American family and a source of our strength."

Immigrants aka the ones who came legally? Yes! Illegal aliens who snuck across the border or overstayed visas? HELL NO!

Illegal aliens are the source of our weakness. Stop bending over and pandering to them, DEPORT every single one of them!!

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Obama Seeks Latino Support For Jobs Bill

HuffPost
Posted: 9/15/11 08:14 AM ET



WASHINGTON -- President Obama pitched his mammoth jobs bill to Latinos gathered Wednesday night at a black-tie dinner for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. The annual gala is attended by many of the nation's most influential Hispanic leaders.

The president was accompanied by First Lady Michelle Obama. Seated among the guests were Her Royal Highness Princess Cristina of Spain, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis.

Most of Obama's 20 minute speech echoed those he delivered in Ohio, Virginia and North Carolina during the past week. In those states he called for swift passage in Congress of the American Jobs Act and outlined many of the bill's core elements, including infrastucture investments, incentives for business owners to hire unemployed workers and the closing of corporate tax loopholes.

Sandwiched between the campaign-style oratory, Obama reiterated his support for two of many Latinos' top legislative priorities: passage of the DREAM Act and comprehensive immigration reform. He blamed Republicans in Congress for blocking the political process.

"The real problem isn't the members of Congress in this room," he said to an audience which included more than a dozen congressional Democrats. "It's the members of Congress who put party before country because they believe the only way to resolve our differences is to wait 14 months till the next election."

In the absence of an immigration reform bill, Obama said the Department of Homeland Security will uphold current immigration laws while at the same time "applying common-sense standards for immigration enforcement." Progress has been made, he noted, to ensure that federal enforcement policies "prioritize criminals who endanger our communities, not students trying to achieve the American Dream." The president received spirited applause throughout the speech, and afterwards he and the first lady greeted supporters in the crowd.

But the glamorous evening belies Obama's eroding support among Latino voters. The president's approval ratings among Latinos are at historic lows, dipping below 50 percent last week for the first time ever, a loss of 34 percentage points from his all-time high of 84 percent approval in the spring of 2009. New figures also reveal that more than one in four Latinos live in poverty, a troubling statistic for the nation's fastest-growing demographic group. And with Latino voters set to cast 8.7 percent of ballots nationwide in 2012, their support is more critical to the president -- and opposing candidates -- than ever.

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