seem to be struggling the most. 11.3% of hispanics are out of work. 15.9% are unemployed. you can compare that to the national average of 9.1% of people without jobs, and you see what we re talking about here. joining me now radio talk show host mario solis-marich. is he in from los angeles. glad to be here. what is the reason this is so disproportionately effective for minorities? the pew center put out incredible numbers over the past couple of weeks. what we ve seen is that the wealth and the businesses that were created in the african-american and latino middle class during the clinton administration have been virtually wiped out -ing by this particular recession. in fact, what s happened is that even though the country is having a recession, latino and african-american communities are really having a depression. there s been there has been absolutely no targeted efforts
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so not only is jan brewer the failed governor but joe arpaio is a failed law enforcement official. the second part of what he talked about, whether jan brewer agrees with it or not, you know, who knows what she s going to say next, but the fact of the matter is that we saw today hundreds of latinos risk arrest, risk deportation, many of them undocumented, young people going out there, because they do feel the same thing that the sheriff is feeling. i m sorry, mario s wrong actually. if you look at the fbi sta tightics, maricopa county, crime is down. if you look at the border county, crime is up. once again, maricopa county, it s down except for in the jurisdiction you work in the state that is joe arpaio s jurisdiction, is maricopa county. he s not over all the maricopa county. yes, he is, he s the sheriff of the county. ness jurisdiction, crime has gone up. you can go to americasvoice.org. i m talking about fbi
statistics. i m not going to argue this. that s fine, mario. i do think it s unfair, being as my children are latino, we embrace the latino culture we have here in arizona. this has nothing to do with this. this has to do with drug runners. this has to do with human drug smugglers. the people who claim to be on the side of illegal immigrant, they re going to continue to see people dying in the deserts and deputies and police officers short. the police officer killed yesterday by drug dealer, he was latino. this is a problem for all of us. this is a big problem. i need to end the conversation tonight but we ll continue on this point for many months throughout the court battle, i suspect. when we come back, we ll take our political conversation back to washington. major charges today against congressman charlie rangel, the former chairman of the ways and means committee, once one of the most powerful people in washington. now his career and legacy at risk. o discover the science in som
to fight illegal immigration because, she says, washington won t do its part. i spoke with governor jan brewer a short time ago, and she was de defiant. i am going to be relentless. i am s going do with who-thirds of america wants us to do. hopefully, we will proceed through the court system. and in the end, we will be victorious. more from the governor in a bit. first, what next in the battle for public opinion and public policy? here in arizona and across the country in the big immigration debate? with us tonight, latino progressive blogger and radio show host mario solis-marich. i want to start with governor brewer. when she signed this law said washington was failing to secure the border. and arizona needed this new tool to help. when i asked her about what it