bill, i say sarcastically. joining me now is raoul ruiz, chair of the congressional hispanic caucus. congressman, it s good to have you here, thank you for joining me. let s take a look at part of the build back better bill. you have led efforts to include protections for immigrants in the package. the hill says what s included in this is the most extensive immigration reform package reviewed by congress in 35 years. share with us some of the details and how it would impact undocumented people here in the country. thank you for having me, alex. first of all, the build back better plan is a rocket boost to the economy and will launch american families by putting money in their pockets, with middle class tax breaks, and lowering the cost of three of the most expensive elements of a household which are childcare, health care, and housing. and immigration in that will also boost our economy, because
talking to immigrant rights activists, lawyers, people on the ground. i think there is accountability, and let s make it happen, and it is complexion. and it goes back to the thing that we said. still talking about immigration reform for 20 years, and i think this is just part of the issue. yeah, janet you have been on the forefront of this. it is amazing to think the last immigration reform package was in 1986. ronald reagan was president was there was immigration reform of comprehensive nature. that is unbelievable. janet and juilo, thank you so much for being with me this morning. i so appreciate your voices. thank you, jose. thanks. any minute now president biden meets with governors of western states that keeps getting worse.
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we are going to win this election by bringing our people together, black and white and latino, native american, asian american. that s what this campaign is about. that s what america must be about. senator klobuchar? thank you. i started my day to day with a group of immigrants who were there talking to me about housing, and i thought about this president and what he s done. he has used our immigrants as political pawns eve. every single day he tries to draw a wedge. i will be a different president. my view on this comes from experience. he when i got to the senate, senator kennedy asked me to be one of the two new senators that was in the group to work on the immigration reform package. we got so close to passing that. i voted for it. not everyone did. but most of the democrats did. then i was on the judiciary
housing. and i thought about this president and what he s done. he has used our immigrants as political pawns, every single day he tries to draw a wedge. i will be a different president. my view on this comes from experience. when i got to the senate, senate kennedy asked me to be one of the two new senators that was in the group to work on the immigration reform package. we got so close to passing that. i voted for it, not everyone did but most of the democrats did. then i was on the judiciary committee when president obama was president, and we worked very hard on that immigration reform. we actually passed that with republican votes. then i was in the small group that worked on the compromise on the dreamers that would have solved that problem. we didn t get that done because this president gut punched us. thank you, senator. i will take my views. i will take this experience. i will get this done because