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like washington, jefferson, lincoln. well, guess what. latinos have been here every step of the way. [upbeat latin-tinged music] in fact, latinx heroes have fought in every war for the united states for centuries. this goes all the way back to the revolutionary war. american forces got major financial contributions from cuba, and they also got help from the spanish forces led by a young venezuelan commander named francisco de miranda. and then during the civil war, more than 20,000 hispanics served. almost half of them were mexican-american, and that was only 13 years after the mexican-american war. now where s the monument for that? huh? huh? huh? now, today, nearly 20% of the u.s. population is latin, and our numbers are growing. our voting power is growing too, and about one in ten votes are being cast by latinos, and yet we still make up less than 2% of our elected officials, but the good news is, we do have some prominent figures, like alexandria ocasio-cortez, ver ....
bill? neil, good afternoon to you. this week alone here in brownsville, thousands upon thousands of people crossed illegally. as a result of that border patrol here over capacity and they have been conducting mass releases. take a look at this video. a few hours ago in downtown brownsville, migrants walking around a bus terminal. some carrying folders with their dhs paperwork. there s an ngo that helps these migrants out with their travel documents. a lot of them are venezuelans. we caught up with one venezuelan man that was released this morning. here s what he had to say. title 42 ended yesterday. in my message, it doesn t matter. you can make it to the u.s. last night as the click hit midnight, title 42 expired, we were with a grouped of four gop senators that were getting a tour from the border patrol union. they had said there was an expectation that there were 22,000 people across the river getting ready to cross the river. that did not end up happening. the ....
because it s almost 70% latino. dale! and it also has one of the highest percentages of latin-owned businesses of any u.s. city. being here is like being in a latinx city in the middle of the u.s., and cubans were the first latinos to arrive and imprint their culture here. and since then, latinos from all over the world have made miami their home. in fact, if you were to buy a latin compass, the needle would point to miami. and i have tons of history here, too, y all. my show ghetto klown was done here at the jackie gleason theater. i even shot my directorial debut, critical thinking, right here. i spend so much time in miami, they think i m the fifth golden girl. and miami s got unpredictable weather, different cultures, opposing political views, and maybe most importantly, dueling espresso recipes. speaking of which, i m going to meet a few locals for some cafecito in a little bit, and we re going to get so caffeinated. yo, let s go! - miami, everywhere you lo ....
full peal which i ve never heard of, driving us up the wall, but it s part of the day of coronation. about 100 yards behind us we saw king charles and queen camilla turn up in one of those horse-drawn carriages and we knew this was something special and we knew, in fact, something that hasn t been seen here for, oh, 70 years. a lot of hubbub, pomp and circumstance, but in the middle of the ceremony when the archbishop of canterbury took that coronation crown and fitted it on king charles head and you knew something would happen and a short time after that to show the tradition and heritage of the place you saw something else, his son and heir apparent, prince william, pledge allegiance to king charles. i, william, pledge and faith unto you, as for life and limb. they ve got the si ceremony, and there was an older carriage and the crowds have been battered and buffeted by rain and wind and they were there by the tens of thousands, and hundreds of thousands just to s ....
but when you think of d.c., you mostly think of dead white guys, am i right? like washington, jefferson, lincoln. well, guess what. latinos have been here every step of the way. [upbeat latin-tinged music] in fact, latinx heroes have fought in every war for the united states for centuries. this goes all the way back to the revolutionary war. american forces got major financial contributions from cuba, and they also got help from the spanish forces led by a young venezuelan commander named francisco de miranda. and then during the civil war, more than 20,000 hispanics served. almost half of them were mexican-american, and that was only 13 years after the mexican-american war. now where s the monument for that? huh? huh? huh? now, today, nearly 20% of the u.s. population is latin, and our numbers are growing. our voting power is growing too, and about one in ten votes are being cast by latinos, and yet we still make up less than 2% of our elected officials, but the good n ....