What if those people are unable to vote . At me be clear about this. I want all of her people to come out and vote on election day. Republicans are worried thats going to happen, then they need to change the message. If they feel like they can get the hispanic vote, and republicans need to re message. [applause] but i want all eligible hispanics to come out and vote on election day. This is a bipartisan organization. The question would be is if the case to you as a republican that you think well, maybe ms. Wilson is right baggara people who fear sharing power. Theres no question of that and i think some of the resistance, perhaps a lot of resistance within our party would suspect Immigration Reform. People are fearful the way our country is changing. They are even more fearful of the fact that its change with any kind of thought or break election for guidance from our leaders. And i think thats been the source of some the problem we have with respect to not making progress in Immigrati
And in that way a spire to come and, in fact, lived the american dream. We know that in terms of equal access to that opportunity, theres still a lot of work to be done 50 years later. We can look at the statistics that tell us white women earn 70 cents on the dollar compared to white men. Africanamerican women are 64 cents on the dollar with that comparison. Led team is earn 53 cents on the dollar in that comparison. We still have a lot of work to do. We look at the fundamental principles underlying the motivation for an creation of the Civil Rights Act, we also know that it was not designed with an understanding that in this great country of ours there should never be an underclass. There should never be a very defined group of people who are forced to live in the shadows, who are considered second class. And then we will look at as has been discussed what is not happening in washington, d. C. Around comprehensive Immigration Reform, we know we have a lot of work yet to do. We can lo
But across this country you have been incubators of innovation, pioneers of fairness and opportunity. And you continue to do that. So take my hat off to you because you are doing so much and you have so many tools. I hope youll continue to use them. Because you know what . We do have a lot of Unfinished Business. We have made so much progress in areas of education. One statistic that people dont know is that the latino dropout rate over the last 10 years has declined 50 . Thats a remarkable statistic that we can all point to [applause] as a matter of pride. And that is because there has been a concerted effort. We are all in this together. Local governments, local leaders, local businesses recognizing that this is an economic imperative. Its a moral imperative. Its a civil rights imperative. And youve been working hard and we continue to work. And that is a 10 year effort under republican and democratic administrations. This is not a partisan issue, reducing dropout rates, increasing g
Anniversary on the steps of the lincoln memorial, id been in this job for about a month, and i remember those days. And he said for the men and women who gathered 50 years ago whether not in search of some abstract ideal. They were there seeking jobs as well as justice, not just the absence of oppression, but the presence of economic opportunity. And the passage of the Civil Rights Act less than a year later was truly historic triumph. And as somebody who has had the privilege of enforcing that law, i took it as a solemn obligation because i am acutely aware of the number of people who made the ultimate sacrifice to insure passage of that law. And so, you know, its really time today to make sure that we note our progress but also discuss the Unfinished Business. And, indeed, you know, tremendous progress has been made. And i think some of the best examples are Kamala Harris as one of our speakers. Another example, senator padilla himself. Its a remarkable nation that allows the son of
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