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Obama Has Shown Courage To Stand With Us, Say America’s Joyful Latino
Guardian (UK) ^ | November 22, 2014 | Rory Carroll

Posted on 11/22/2014 10:42:36 AM PST by Steelfish

Obama Has Shown Courage To Stand With Us, Say America’s Joyful Latinos President’s move to grant amnesty to 5 million immigrants delights Hispanics at rally in Las Vegas

Rory Carroll 22 November 2014

Should Hillary Clinton, or any other Democrat, become the next US president, you may be able to trace their victory to a roll of the political dice played out last week beside a Las Vegas highway. Barack Obama’s cavalcade trundled up the road and into Del Sol high school on Friday to bring his case for the most sweeping immigration reform in decades to a rally in Nevada’s gambling capital.

A bright desert sun illuminated two contrasting tableaux. From the school entrance snaked hundreds of people, mostly Latino, giddy and upbeat, come to hear and cheer a president who had decided to shield almost five million illegal immigrants from deportation by offering them temporary legal status and work permits. Across the street stood about two dozen protesters – white, indignant and angry – with megaphones. Placards amplified the message: “No amnesty!” “Deport them all!” “Oust Obama!”

Democrats from Washington who hitched a ride to the event on Air Force One could not resist smiling. It was a banner day for civil rights. But, more prosaically, the scenes on both sides of the highway sprinkled optimism on their chances of keeping the White House after Obama.

“The Latino vote is going to stay solid Democratic,” said Bill Richardson, a former New Mexico governor and one of the party’s leading Latino figures. “I think the party in deep trouble is the Republican party. They’re digging themselves in a very bad hole with Latino voters for 2016.” Dolores Huerta, a veteran and well-known labour activist, agreed. “I think they can win Congress, but not the presidency.

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1 posted on 11/22/2014 10:42:36 AM PST by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

Sorry ltainos. Obola doesn’t give a flying fig about you. He is a cynical America-hater who wants you here to help destroy capitalism and freedom. If you die in the process, he will laugh and tee up his next drive.


2 posted on 11/22/2014 10:46:49 AM PST by Dr. Thorne ("Don't be afraid. Just believe." - Mark 5:36)
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“The Latino vote is going to stay solid Democratic,” said Bill Richardson

Oh yeah? LBJ said pretty much the same thing about the South voting democrat for a couple of centuries and we know how that turned out.

3 posted on 11/22/2014 10:50:08 AM PST by Slyfox (To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
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To: Steelfish

Say, Joyful Latino, have you ever noticed the state of things in the black community after decades of hitching their wagon to the DemocRAT star?


4 posted on 11/22/2014 10:51:26 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Steelfish

illegal illegals


5 posted on 11/22/2014 10:53:07 AM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Steelfish
Strange world.

On the continent of Africa and in Marxist countries the powerful hold onto power by culling the herd to match GDP capacity to sustain.

In democracies around the world, power is retained by boosting the breeding stock exponentially and borrowing the costs to sustain from the promised future output of the same stock.

6 posted on 11/22/2014 10:53:38 AM PST by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: Steelfish

I saw a survey that stated that Latinos don’t care about the illegal immigration issue. Or at least, it is not as important at other issues.


7 posted on 11/22/2014 10:55:23 AM PST by dhs12345
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To: Slyfox
LBJ said pretty much the same thing about the South voting democrat for a couple of centuries and we know how that turned out.

To be fair to LBJ, he was referring to a specific voting bloc. He used a certain word to describe that constituency that will get you in big trouble today.

Unless, of course you are a rapper or a DemocRAT/Senator/Grand Kleagle/DemocRAT from West Virginia.

8 posted on 11/22/2014 10:56:18 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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>>Oh yeah? LBJ said pretty much the same thing about the South voting democrat for a couple of centuries and we know how that turned out.

Actually, that came out to be TRUE. He didn’t say that the south would vote Democrat for 200 years, just the n.....s. (His words, not mine.)


9 posted on 11/22/2014 10:56:28 AM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: Steelfish

First American president to F his own people.


10 posted on 11/22/2014 10:58:48 AM PST by ronnie raygun (Empty head empty suit = arrogant little bastard)
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To: Steelfish
Disenchantment depressed Latino turnout in the mid-terms, costing Democrats several races. [Either they mean the ILLEGAL aliens did not vote in massive numbers or I'd like to see proof that Americans of Latino descent overwhelmingly support this Obama crap.]

Last week’s executive action leaves about six million of the estimated 11 million undocumented Latinos vulnerable to deportation, and grants only three-year protection to beneficiaries.

The article ended with numbers.. here's some more from the U.S. Census and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

FOREIGN-BORN WORKERS: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS — 2013

Table 2. Employment status of the foreign-born and native-born populations 16 years and over by presence and age of youngest child and sex, 2012-2013 annual averages [Numbers in thousands] Characteristic 2012 2013

The foreign born include legally-admitted immigrants, refugees, temporary residents such as students and temporary workers, and undocumented immigrants.

Highlights from the 2013 data:
In 2013, foreign-born mothers with children under 18 years old were less likely to be labor force participants than were native-born mothers—59.7 percent versus 72.7 percent. Labor force participation differences between foreign-born and native-born mothers were greater among those with younger children than among those with older children. The labor force participation rate of foreign-born mothers with children under age 6 was 51.2 percent in 2013, much lower than that for native-born mothers with children under age 6, at 67.4 percent. Among women with children under age 3, the participation rate for the foreign born (46.7 percent) was 18.2 percentage points below that for nativeborn mothers (64.9 percent). The labor force participation rates of foreign-born and native-born fathers with children under age 18 were similar, at 93.6 percent and 92.6 percent, respectively. (See table 2.)

Formerly "undocumented immigrants" now (soon to be) legal residents and eligible for all government benefits "for the children." Ain't America wonderful? Again.. these Census / BLS data do not distinguish legal immigrants from ILLEGAL "immigrants".

Characteristic 2012 2013
Total Men Women Total Men Women
FOREIGN
BORN
With own children under 18
Civilian noninstitutional population 14,796 6,896 7,901 14,838 6,886 7,952
..Civilian labor force 11,229 6,466 4,763 11,189 6,442 4,747
....Participation rate 75.9 93.8 60.3 75.4 93.6 59.7
....Employed 10,378 6,063 4,315 10,494 6,114 4,380
.........Employment-population ratio 70.1 87.9 54.6 70.7 88.8 55.1
....Unemployed 851 403 448 695 328 367
.........Unemployment rate 7.6 6.2 9.4 6.2 5.1 7.7
With own children 6 to 17,
none younger
Civilian noninstitutional population 7,896 3,576 4,319 8,003 3,622 4,381
..Civilian labor force 6,223 3,326 2,897 6,265 3,347 2,918
....Participation rate 78.8 93.0 67.1 78.3 92.4 66.6
....Employed 5,753 3,115 2,638 5,870 3,167 2,703
.......Employment-population ratio 72.9 87.1 61.1 73.3 87.4 61.7
....Unemployed 469 211 259 395 180 215
......Unemployment rate 7.5 6.3 8.9 6.3 5.4 7.4
With own children under 6
Civilian noninstitutional population 6,901 3,319 3,581 6,835 3,264 3,572
...Civilian labor force 5,006 3,140 1,865 4,924 3,094 1,829
....Participation rate 72.5 94.6 52.1 72.0 94.8 51.2
....Employed 4,625 2,948 1,677 4,624 2,947 1,677
......Employment-population ratio 67.0 88.8 46.8 67.7 90.3 47.0
....Unemployed 381 192 189 299 147 152
......Unemployment rate 7.6 6.1 10.1 6.1 4.8 8.3
With own children under 3
Civilian noninstitutional population 3,828 1,864 1,964 3,736 1,809 1,927
..Civilian labor force 2,697 1,772 925 2,614 1,715 899
....Participation rate 70.5 95.1 47.1 70.0 94.8 46.7
....Employed 2,497 1,671 827 2,464 1,638 826
......Employment-population ratio 65.2 89.6 42.1 66.0 90.6 42.9
....Unemployed 200 101 98 150 77 74
....Unemployment rate 7.4 5.7 10.6 5.7 4.5 8.2
With no own children under 18
Civilian noninstitutional population 22,930 11,469 11,461 23,324 11,657 11,667
..Civilian labor force 13,797 7,958 5,840 14,139 8,173 5,966
....Participation rate 60.2 69.4 51.0 60.6 70.1 51.1
....Employed 12,628 7,279 5,348 13,087 7,563 5,524
......Employment-population ratio 55.1 63.5 46.7 56.1 64.9 47.4
....Unemployed 1,170 679 491 1,052 610 442
....Unemployment rate 8.5 8.5 8.4 7.4 7.5 7.4
.. 2012 2013
Total Men Women Total Men Women
NATIVE
BORN
..
50,823 22,048 28,776 50,546 22,061 28,486
.. 41,525 20,488 21,037 41,145 20,427 20,719
.... 81.7 92.9 73.1 81.4 92.6 72.7
.... 38,723 19,397 19,326 38,651 19,426 19,226
...... 76.2 88.0 67.2 76.5 88.1 67.5
.... 2,802 1,091 1,711 2,494 1,001 1,493
...... 6.7 5.3 8.1 6.1 4.9 7.2

..
27,890 12,200 15,690 28,216 12,384 15,831
.. 23,350 11,219 12,131 23,550 11,366 12,183
.... 83.7 92.0 77.3 83.5 91.8 77.0
.... 21,969 10,676 11,293 22,346 10,880 11,466
...... 78.8 87.5 72.0 79.3 87.9 72.4
.... 1,382 544 838 1,204 486 718
...... 5.9 4.8 6.9 5.1 4.3 5.9
..
22,933 9,847 13,086 22,331 9,676 12,655
.. 18,175 9,268 8,907 17,596 9,060 8,535
.... 79.3 94.1 68.1 78.8 93.6 67.4
.... 16,754 8,721 8,034 16,306 8,546 7,760
...... 73.1 88.6 61.4 73.0 88.3 61.3
.... 1,421 548 873 1,290 515 775
...... 7.8 5.9 9.8 7.3 5.7 9.1
..
13,293 5,718 7,575 12,928 5,644 7,284
.. 10,314 5,400 4,914 10,018 5,291 4,727
.... 77.6 94.4 64.9 77.5 93.7 64.9
...... 9,494 5,075 4,419 9,282 4,995 4,287
...... 71.4 88.8 58.3 71.8 88.5 58.9
.... 821 325 496 736 296 440
...... 8.0 6.0 10.1 7.3 5.6 9.3
..
154,734 76,931 77,803 156,971 77,952 79,019
.. 88,423 47,415 41,008 88,916 47,625 41,290
.... 57.1 61.6 52.7 56.6 61.1 52.3
.... 80,741 42,817 37,924 81,696 43,250 38,446
...... 52.2 55.7 48.7 52.0 55.5 48.7
.... 7,683 4,599 3,084 7,219 4,375 2,844
...... 8.7 9.7 7.5 8.1 9.2 6.9

NOTE: Own children include sons, daughters, step-children, and adopted children. Not included are nieces, nephews, grandchildren, and other related and unrelated children. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

11 posted on 11/22/2014 11:02:49 AM PST by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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Look at all the nations settled by the Spainards and their descendants. Mexico, Latin and South America, the Phillippines and Cuba all suffer from one problem or another. Poverty, lawlessness, political corruption, unstable governments and civil unrest. A good many of these countries are of Third World status especially those nations to our south who have so graciously allowed their citizens to invade us. We’re now the biggest and most wealthy of these nations and if the pattern holds we don’t have a bright future ahead of us.


12 posted on 11/22/2014 11:06:55 AM PST by dowcaet
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Like I would be bragging about having illegals on my side.

You can have those and you’ll do with them as you did with the black population, Mr. Richardson and alike.

The liberal progressive democratic party is all about power over the masses so they can decide what is fair, what is honorable, what is just because they certainly don’t like the constitution and the affirmation in a higher purpose. The progressives are mostly to blame for the divisions that we see.


13 posted on 11/22/2014 11:07:03 AM PST by Christie at the beach
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To: Dr. Thorne

Who said these indians were latin?


14 posted on 11/22/2014 11:13:41 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: Steelfish

Obama is just using you ,you FOOL ,have you been in a Box for the last 6 years


15 posted on 11/22/2014 11:14:10 AM PST by molson209 (Blank)
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Me thinks the Latino folks are well represented vis-a-vis immigration. What's the problem? Just do it right. To be fair the government at the behest of the taxpayer-subsidized-cheap-labor-dependent businesses ignored enforcing the borders.. the ILLEGAL aliens were virtually invited in.

FOREIGN-BORN WORKERS: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS — 2013

Table 3. Employment status of the foreign-born and native-born populations 25 years and over by educational attainment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2012-2013 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic 2012 2013
Less than
a high
school
diploma
High
school
gradu-
ates, no
college1
Some
college or
associate
degree
Bach-
elor’s
degree
and
higher2
Less than
a high
school
diploma
High
school
gradu-
ates, no
college1
Some
college or
associate
degree
Bach-
elor’s
degree
and
higher2
FOREIGN BORN
White non-Hispanic or Latino
Civilian noninstitutional population 789 1,778 1,434 3,019 770 1,708 1,412 3,004
..Civilian labor force 256 932 879 2,200 256 897 880 2,172
..Participation rate 32.4 52.4 61.3 72.9 33.2 52.5 62.4 72.3
....Employed 233 864 818 2,078 235 838 826 2,045
......Employment-population ratio 29.6 48.6 57.0 68.8 30.6 49.1 58.5 68.1
....Unemployed 23 68 61 122 20 59 54 127
......Unemployment rate 8.9 7.3 6.9 5.5 8.0 6.6 6.1 5.8
Black non-Hispanic or Latino
Civilian noninstitutional population 368 812 693 813 413 809 681 889
..Civilian labor force 182 591 544 680 237 585 531 740
..Participation rate 49.5 72.7 78.5 83.7 57.6 72.3 77.9 83.2
....Employed 153 520 488 631 205 519 474 696
......Employment-population ratio 41.6 64.0 70.4 77.7 49.7 64.2 69.6 78.3
....Unemployed 29 71 56 49 32 66 57 43
......Unemployment rate 16.0 12.0 10.3 7.2 13.6 11.3 10.7 5.8
Asian non-Hispanic or Latino
Civilian noninstitutional population 978 1,658 1,306 4,364 988 1,669 1,325 4,600
..Civilian labor force 438 1,011 894 3,251 403 1,036 925 3,433
..Participation rate 44.8 61.0 68.5 74.5 40.8 62.1 69.8 74.6
....Employed 407 949 837 3,104 377 978 873 3,316
......Employment-population ratio 41.6 57.2 64.1 71.1 38.2 58.6 65.9 72.1
....Unemployed 31 62 57 147 26 58 51 118
......Unemployment rate 7.1 6.2 6.4 4.5 6.4 5.6 5.6 3.4
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Civilian noninstitutional population 7,319 4,360 2,147 1,798 7,299 4,486 2,152 1,859
..Civilian labor force 4,789 3,175 1,642 1,386 4,765 3,198 1,601 1,429
..Participation rate 65.4 72.8 76.5 77.1 65.3 71.3 74.4 76.9
....Employed 4,312 2,911 1,507 1,308 4,385 2,977 1,506 1,353
......Employment-population ratio 58.9 66.8 70.2 72.8 60.1 66.4 70.0 72.8
....Unemployed 476 263 134 78 379 221 95 76
......Unemployment rate 9.9 8.3 8.2 5.6 8.0 6.9 5.9 5.3


Characteristic 2012 2013
Less than
a high
school
diploma
High
school
gradu-
ates, no
college1
Some
college or
associate
degree
Bach-
elor’s
degree
and
higher2
Less than
a high
school
diploma
High
school
gradu-
ates, no
college1
Some
college or
associate
degree
Bach-
elor’s
degree
and
higher2
NATIVE BORN
White non-Hispanic or Latino
Civilian noninstitutional population 9,533 40,294 36,922 44,806 9,283 39,947 37,317 45,779
..Civilian labor force 3,372 22,863 24,868 33,777 3,129 22,460 24,635 34,201
..Participation rate 35.4 56.7 67.4 75.4 33.7 56.2 66.0 74.7
....Employed 2,946 21,234 23,363 32,596 2,781 21,032 23,305 33,116
......Employment-population ratio 30.9 52.7 63.3 72.7 30.0 52.7 62.5 72.3
....Unemployed 426 1,629 1,505 1,182 347 1,428 1,330 1,085
......Unemployment rate 12.6 7.1 6.1 3.5 11.1 6.4 5.4 3.2
Black non-Hispanic or Latino
Civilian noninstitutional population 2,799 7,000 6,097 4,068 2,765 7,151 6,184 4,208
..Civilian labor force 910 4,204 4,275 3,157 919 4,130 4,324 3,263
..Participation rate 32.5 60.1 70.1 77.6 33.2 57.8 69.9 77.5
....Employed 703 3,626 3,793 2,966 702 3,600 3,900 3,080
......Employment-population ratio 25.1 51.8 62.2 72.9 25.4 50.3 63.1 73.2
....Unemployed 207 578 482 191 217 530 424 182
......Unemployment rate 22.7 13.7 11.3 6.1 23.7 12.8 9.8 5.6
Asian non-Hispanic or Latino
Civilian noninstitutional population 135 397 474 1,237 132 437 534 1,329
..Civilian labor force 52 222 350 979 64 253 381 1,050
..Participation rate 38.6 56.0 73.8 79.1 48.6 57.8 71.3 79.0
....Employed 49 210 323 944 59 243 360 1,009
......Employment-population ratio 36.6 52.8 68.2 76.3 44.9 55.6 67.3 75.9
....Unemployed 3 13 27 34 5 10 22 40
......Unemployment rate 5.0 5.7 7.6 3.5 7.6 3.8 5.7 3.8
Hisppanic or Latino ethnicity
Civilian noninstitutional population 2,461 4,273 3,831 2,413 2,309 4,468 4,029 2,693
..Civilian labor force 1,131 2,993 2,942 1,998 1,060 3,050 3,046 2,214
..Participation rate 46.0 70.0 76.8 82.8 45.9 68.3 75.6 82.2
....Employed 957 2,702 2,708 1,902 912 2,777 2,818 2,107
......Employment-population ratio 38.9 63.2 70.7 78.8 39.5 62.2 69.9 78.2
....Unemployed 174 291 234 96 148 272 228 107
......Unemployment rate 15.4 9.7 8.0 4.8 13.9 8.9 7.5 4.8

1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.

2 Includes persons with bachelor’s, master’s, professional, and doctoral degrees.

NOTE: Data for race/ethnicity groups do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

16 posted on 11/22/2014 11:20:44 AM PST by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: Steelfish
Obama Has Shown Courage To Stand With Us, Say America’s Joyful Latino

Just one joyful Latino?

17 posted on 11/22/2014 11:28:01 AM PST by FreeReign
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To: Steelfish

Courage - Come now get real - Obama is a coward. Plain and simple, Obama caved and decided and end around because the Latinos would not wait any longer. This is not a a courageous move but that of a politician who has much heart as that lion in the Wizard of Oz. To bad Obama is not the Tin Man.


18 posted on 11/22/2014 11:33:27 AM PST by hondact200 (Candor dat viribos alas (sincerity gives wings to strength) and Nil desperandum (never despair))
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To: Steelfish

Obama: “I am governing in the same way that leaders did in countries that you or your ancestors risked death to leave. Now vote for me.”


19 posted on 11/22/2014 11:37:42 AM PST by Our man in washington
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To: Steelfish

What do America’s not-so-joyful Latinos have to say?


20 posted on 11/22/2014 11:44:09 AM PST by oblomov
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