of mexican origin. 14% puerto rico and 5% cuban. in florida, cubans are 32%. puerto ricans 28% and mexicans 9%. president obama speaks to latino officials here this hour. president has a wide lead over mitt romney among latino voters. what s he plan to do? shore up the support, bring in juan carlos lopez to talk a little bit about that and jessica yellin, inside where president obama will be speaking shortly. jessica, i want to start off with you. yesterday we heard from mitt romney. he highlighted the poor economic conditions among hispanics. 11% unemployment. 2 million hispanics living in poverty. how will the president address the concerns of latino community when it comes to the economy? i expect he will draw on the same message we heard recently from the president about the two different visions for the future economy of the nation talking about how he believes he will build on the middle class and fare fair shake, fair future, building on the middle class and mitt r
under 30 years old, who came to the u.s. before they were 16. they had to have arrived younger than 16. they must have no criminal record and must have a high diploma. they can apply to stay here for two years and after the two years time assuming this policy is still in place apply for another two years and so on into this future assuming the policy remains in place. i think we have some sound from the president. it makes no sense to expel talented young people who for all intents and purposes are americans and have been raised as americans and understand themselves to be part of this country. to expel the people who want to start new businesses or defend our country because of the actions of their parents. that s the president. on the flip side here, we ve been getting paper statements from a lot of republicans. i want to read something that steve king said out of new york. he said americans should be outraged that president obama is planning to u surp and grant amnes
month in february we added 233,000 private sector jobs. more companies are bringing jobs back and investing in america. and manufacturing is adding jobs for the first time since the 1990s. we just had another good month last month in terms of adding manufacturing jobs. and this facility is part of the evidence of what s going on all across the country. this company is about to hire more than 200 new workers, 140 of them right here in petersburg, virginia. so the economy is getting stronger. and when i come to places like this and i see the work that s being done, it gives me confidence there are better days ahead. i know it because i would bet on american workers and american know-how any day of the week. the key now, our job now, is to keep this economic engine churning. we can t go back to the same policies that got us into this mess. we can t go back to an economy that was weakened by outsourcing and bad debt and phony financial profits. we ve got to have an economy that s