Of the National Association of latino elected and appointed officials in texas on june 24. The speakers include state legislators from texas, arizona, and california as well as several are its as well as civil rights attorneys. This is about one hour. [applause] as i said yesterday, its always good to be able to say madam president , just waiting to be able to do that at the white house. But today we are going to focus again on the bill we have talked to you about. I hope you also have your buttons and will wear them for us to spread the word about not only this very bad legislation but also arming ourselves with the information we need to unite ourselves to fighting legislation like this anywhere in any state in any city anywhere in this country. Because only working together will we be able to stop this kind of scapegoating and rhetoric. Today, we will focus again on the racial profiling bill thats what i call it. Show me yourt the papers bill but it does not matter what we call it b
Sb1070, or its ours, sb4, it is bad. Call it what you want, but it is bad. So for me, i mentioned to you in the opening remarks that we made at the beginning of this conference on thursday. The one thing that we have already seen in houston has been the drop in reporting of crimes. Remember what i said. Already our police chief has frowned that reporting of rape among hispanics is down 42. 8 . The reporting of Violent Crimes is down by 13 . And thats just out of the fear of what the president is doing nationally. And knowing that sb4 may come because sb4 does not take effect until september unless we stop it. And thats what were going to focus on here today. On your program you saw that nina Morales Perales was supposed to be here from maldev. Machlt aldev has been at the forefront of all litigation. Sb1070, sb4. Maldev will be there again and i know shes preparing for litigation. The hearing is on monday. I know i plan to be there and a lot of my colleagues from texas do also. In her
Sb1070, or its ours, sb4, it is bad. Call it what you want, but it is bad. So for me, i mentioned to you in the opening remarks that we made at the beginning of this conference on thursday. The one thing that we have already seen in houston has been the drop in reporting of crimes. Remember what i said. Already our police chief has frowned that reporting of rape among hispanics is down 42. 8 . The reporting of Violent Crimes is down by 13 . And thats just out of the fear of what the president is doing nationally. And knowing that sb4 may come because sb4 does not take effect until september unless we stop it. And thats what were going to focus on here today. On your program you saw that nina Morales Perales was supposed to be here from maldev. Machlt aldev has been at the forefront of all litigation. Sb1070, sb4. Maldev will be there again and i know shes preparing for litigation. The hearing is on monday. I know i plan to be there and a lot of my colleagues from texas do also. In her