President Obama lays out his plan for further demographic damage to the United States; urges Mexicans to “punish their enemies.”
President Barack Obama was interviewed by Eddie “Piolin” Sotelo last week in Los Angeles for a Univision radio program that aired Monday.
Sotelo asked the president to focus on immigration. When the Spanish-language radio giant suggested that the Obama administration was more dedicated to fixing issues like healthcare than immigration, the president disagreed.
“My cabinet has been working very hard on trying to get it done, but ultimately, I think somebody said the other day, I am president, I am not king. I can’t do these things just by myself. We have a system of government that requires the Congress to work with the executive branch to make it happen. I’m committed to making it happen, but I’ve gotta have some partners to do it,” Obama said.
EPS: Many Hispanics feel disappointed with you because comprehensive immigration reform has not been passed. What can you tell them?
POTUS: Well, I’m disappointed, too. As you heard in the introduction, this is something that I’ve been committed to for many years. I committed to it when I was a U.S. Senator, I committed to it when I was a state senator. It’s something that I deeply believe that we’ve got to solve our immigration problem so that we’re both a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws so that people can come out of the shadows, that people who are productive and otherwise law-abiding are able to get on a pathway to citizenship. They pay a fine, pay back taxes, learn English, become part of this beautiful American community of ours. And the fact that we have not got it done is something that frustrates me and I know that it frustrates many people in the community. But I think it’s important for people to understand why it hasn’t gotten done.
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EPS: When is it going to happen? You will tell me after this.
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POTUS: Well, here’s what we’re gonna do. We’re gonna see how well we do in this election and I think a lot of it is gonna depend on whether we still have some support not only from Democrats, but also Republicans, but they’re gonna be paying attention to this election. And if Latinos sit out the election instead of saying, we’re gonna punish our enemies and we’re gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us, if they don’t see that kind of upsurge in voting in this election, then I think it’s gonna be harder and that’s why I think it’s so important that people focus on voting on November 2.
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