With cspan campaign 20 20 brought to you as a Public Service by your television provider. We are talking about the latino vote in campaign 2020 with mark lopez, the global pa migration and Democracy Research director at pew research center, thank you for being here. How many latino voters will be eligible to vote in 2020 and compare that with the last president ial cycle. This year we project is going to be 32 million latinos will be at least 18 years of age by the november election. Thats up from 27 and ahalf million in 2016. Its over 4 million since 2016 and thats been the pattern over the last few election cycles. An additional 4 million latinos become eligible to vote mostly by aging and so that speaks to the youth of the electorate but many who are naturalized or immigrants areadults who have a green card and decide to become a us citizen. How are they able to vote if they were not born here . They would need to naturalized to become a us citizen but the two become a us citizen it
In the house today work on two veterans bills and recommendations for modernizing congress. You are watching live coverage on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our guest chaplain, reverend erin keys, capitol hill presbyterian, washington dis. The chaplain let us pray, god, we ask you blessing upon all those gathered here today and upon our nation as we along with countries all over the world face the anxiety and fear currently surrounding the coronavirus. Though much about how the situation will continue to unfold is unknown to us. We trust that it is known to you. From the beginning of time, your spirit has hovered over the chaos of our world bringing order and life so we pray that your spirit continues to do so now. We pray for the safety of all people and we pray for the wisdom of our leaders as they guide us through this time. Amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and anno
An additional 4 million became additional voters. Those who a shout and those who have naturalized and became have aged those who out and those who have naturalized and became citizens. They how does it work if were not born here . Guest in the latino population, you have many who hold a green card. Members of the u. S. Population. Many,s interesting is they have been here 20 years and not applied to become a citizen. It is expensive and it can come over 700 and the price is about to go up. We see about one million latinos between election cycles become able to vote through naturalization. Host what are some of the most important issues . Guest traditional it has been education and health care. There is strong support among latinos for raising the minimum wage to 15 an hour. Many latinos want some Health Care System that is provided by the federal government. When it comes to issues like how big the government should be, latinos support a eager government providing more services. In th
Continues even as a new Prime Minister is sworn in. Turkey opens its border with greece saying it wont stop refugees and migrants trying to cross into europe. In this have a decisive win in the South Carolina democratic primary a former u. S. Vice president has secured almost half the votes with Bernie Sanders coming a distant 2nd he got about 20 percent South Carolina as the 1st Southern State to vote in the process to select the candidate who will take on donald trump in novembers president ial election is also the 1st state with a large black population africanamericans are a key element of the Democratic Partys support. Oh you were knocked down counted out lucky on prices your cat paid the. Rest days ago the press and the promise of your crack this candidacy dead. Now thanks to all of your heart of the democratic right we just run and weve run big because. Well there are 54 delegates up for grabs in South Carolina and biden now has the opportunity to draw level with Bernie Sanders
Since 2016. That has been the pattern over the last election cycles. An additional 4 million became additional voters. Those who a shout and those who have naturalized and became have aged those who out and those who have naturalized and became citizens. They how does it work if were not born here . Guest in the latino population, you have many who hold a green card. Members of the u. S. Population. Many,s interesting is they have been here 20 years and not applied to become a citizen. It is expensive and it can come over 700 and the price is about to go up. We see about one million latinos between election cycles become able to vote through naturalization. Host what are some of the most important issues . Guest traditional it has been education and health care. There is strong support among latinos for raising the minimum wage to 15 an hour. Many latinos want some Health Care System that is provided by the federal government. When it comes to issues like how big the government should