ALL
EYES
ARE ON
MILWAUKEE
AS% THE
SEAT
OF
NEXT
J
ULY 'S
% NATIONAL
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
% BUT
AHEAD
O
F
THAT,
THIS
JULY, A
% NATIONAL CONVENTION
WITH AN
EYE
% TOWARD
POLICY
AND
POLITICS
ALSO
% CHOSE
MILWAUKEE.
% SOME
25,000
PEOPLE
GATHERED
LATE
% THIS
WEEK
TO
CELEBRATE THE
90TH
% ANNIVERSARY OF
THE LEAGUE OF% UNITED LATIN AMERICA
N CITIZENS.% LAST
NIGHT,
THE
CONVENTION
% HOSTED
SOME OF
THE
DEMOCRATS
% RUNNING
IN
THE
PRESIDENTIAL
% PRIMARY.
% HERE'S A
SAMPLE
OF WHAT
WAS
% DISCUSSED AT
THE
MILWAUKEE
TOWN
% HALL
FORUM.% >>
THE
QUESTION BEFORE
US
IS
% WHETHER
WE'RE
GOING
TO
CONTINUE% TO
BE
THAT
COUNTRY
THAT
EXPANDS
% OPPORTUNITY
TO
PEOPLE
NO
MATTER
% WHO THEY
ARE,
WHAT
THEY
LOOK
% LIKE, HOW MUCH
MONEY THEY HAVE
% OR DON'T
HAVE, HOW LONG
THEY'VE
% BEEN IN
OUR
COUNTRY, WHAT
THEIR
% LAST NAME
IS.
% OR ARE
WE
GOING TO
G
O
BACKWARD
% AND
BECOME A
NATION
WHERE
% OPPORTUNITY
IS
ONLY
AFFORDED TO
% THOSE
WHO
LOOK A
CERTAIN
WAY.
% >>
I'M
ALSO
PROTECTING OUR
% DREAMERS, BUT NOT JUST
OUR
% DREAMERS.
% WHAT DOES
IT
MEAN
TO
PROTECT A
% DREAMER IF
HER
MOTHER IS
TAKEN
% AWAY,
IF
HER
FATHER
IS
TAKEN
% AWAY,
IF AN
OLDER
SIBLING IS
% TAKEN
AWAY,
IF A
YOUNGER
SIBLING
% HAS
MISSED THE
TIME
CUTOFF.
% THAT'S NOT
WHO WE
ARE.
% >>
WE
DON'T
NEED
TO
DEPORT
% PEOPLE OR
ROUND
THEM UP.
% IN
FACT,
WHEN
IMMIGRANT
% COMMUNITIES FEAR LOCAL LAW
% ENFORCEMENT, FEAR
FEDERAL LAW
% ENFORCEMENT,
THEY'RE
LESS
LIKELY
% TO
REPORT
CRIMES,
TO
TESTIFY
IN
% TRIALS,
TO
SERVE
AS
WITNESSES.
% THEY'RE NO
LONGER
PARTICIPATING% IN
THE
CIVIC
LIVES
O
F
OUR
% COMMUNITIES AND WE
ARE
LESS
% SAFE.%>>
DEMOCRATS
RUNNING IN
THE
% PRIMARY
APPEARED AT A
TOWN
HALL
% FORUM
LAST
NIGHT
SPONSORED
BY
% INI
VISION AND LEAGUE OF UNITED% LATI
N AMERICAN CITIZENS, THE
% OLDEST CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION
% IN
THE
COUNTRY.
% SO WHAT
DO
MEMBERS OF
THE
LEAGUE
% THINK OF THE
CANDIDATES AND
THE
% RACE
FOR
PRESIDENT MORE
% GENERALLY?
% WE
ASKED
IT'S
FORMER
PRESIDENT,% HECTOR
FLORES,
WHO
JOINS
US
NOW
% FROM MILWAUKEE
AND
THANKS
VERY
% MUCH FOR
BEING
HERE.
% >>
IT'S AN
HONOR
AND A
PLEASURE% TO BE WITH
YOU
TODAY.% >>
WHAT
DO
YOUR
MEMBERS
WANT
TO
% HEAR
FROM
ANY
CANDIDATE
WHO
WILL
% RECEIVE AN ENDORSEMENT FROM
YOUR
% ORGANIZATION?%>>
WELL,
BECAUSE
WE'RE A
% NONPROFIT,
NORMALLY WE
DON'T
% ENDORSE
CANDIDATES,
BUT
MOST
% CERTAINLY ANY
OF
OUR
MEMBERSHIP
% CAN
ENDORSE
CANDIDATES
AND
% ABSOLUTELY THE KIND OF
WORK
THAT
% WE DO
IN
ORDER NOT
TO
I
GUESS
% JEOPARDIZE
OUR
NONPROFIT
STATUS
% IS
WE
DO
VOTER
EDUCATION
DRIVES,
% REGISTRATION AND GET OUT
THE
% VOTE.
% WE DO
LISTEN
TO
CANDIDATES.
% LAST NIGHT
WE
HAD
FOUR OF
THE
% VIABLE
CANDIDATES
BEFORE I
GUESS% A
CAPACITY CROWD
AT
THE
% CONVENTION CENTER.
% AND LET
ME
TELL
YOU, IT
WAS
% REALLY
INTERESTING AND
VERY
% INTENSE LAST
NIGHT
TO
LISTEN
TO
% FOUR
GREAT
CANDIDATES,
BEGINNING% WITH
CASTRO
FROM SAN
!
SAN ANTONIO
AND% SECRETARY OF
HUD.
% WE
ALSO
HAD
BERNIE
SANDERS
AND A
% LOT
O
F
YOUNG PEOPLE
WHOOPING
AND
% HOLLERING.
% THEN
WHEN
ELIZABETH
WARREN
CAME
% ONBOARD, THEY KEPT
ON.
% THE
EXCITEMENT, YOU
KNOW,
THE
% POLITICAL
EXCITEMENT
AND
% ATMOSPHERE.
% AND
THE
CLEAN-UP
HITTER
WAS
FROM
% TEXAS.
% IT
WAS
DYNAMITE
TO
LISTEN TO
ALL
% THESE
CANDIDATES EXPOUND
ON
WHAT% THEY
WOULD
DO AS SOON
AS
THEY
% GOT INTO
OFFICE.
% OUR
MEMBERSHIP
WERE
EXCITED THEY% TOOK THE
TIME
TO
SPEAK
TO
US.
% >>
WHY DID YOU
BRING
YOUR
% NATIONAL CONVENTION TO
% MILWAUKEE?%>>
NORMALLY IT
TAKES
ABOUT
FOUR
% YEARS TO BID
FOR
THE
CONVENTION.
% AND WHEN I
WAS
THE
NATIONAL
% PRESIDENT
IN
2006,
I
ACTUALLY
% WAS
INSTRUMENTAL IN
BRINGING
I
T
% TO
MILWAUKEE BECAUSE I
WANTED
% OUR BASE
TO
EXPAND
IN
THE
% MIDWEST.
% BUT
ALSO
NOT
ONLY HERE IN
% WISCONSIN,
BUT
ALSO
IN
ILLINOIS
% AND
CHICAGO
IN
PARTICULAR,
% BECAUSE
THERE'S
TWO
MILLION
% LATINOS OF
MEXICAN
ORIGIN
IN
THE
% CHICAGO AREA.
% SO I
THOUGHT
THAT WE
SHOULD
% BRING
IT
TO
WHERE
OUR
POTENTIAL
% MEMBERSHIP
IS,
BUT
ALSO
TO
% PREPARE
THEM TO
GET
INTO
% ELECTIVE
OFFICE
AT ALL
LEVELS,
% FROM
THE
SCHOOL
BOARDS TO
THE
% CITY
COUNCILS
TO
STATE
% REPRESENTATION TO
CONGRESS AND
% ON AND
SO.
% AND
IN
THE
TIME
THAT
I'VE
LIVED,
% I'VE
SEE
N
THOSE
CHANGES OCCUR
% BECAUSE OF THE
GREAT
WORK
THAT
% NOT
ONLY
LULAC
HAS
DONE,
BUT A
% LOT
OF
OUR
SISTER CIVIL RIGHTS
% ORGANIZATIONS.%>> DID
YOU
INVITE ALL
THE
% CANDIDATES,
INCLUDING PRESIDENT
% TRUMP?
% >>
ABSOLUTELY.
% PRESIDENT TRUMP
WAS
INVITED
BUT
% HE CHOSE
TO COME
AND
ONLY
SPEAK
% TO
THE
WELL-HEELED WEALTHY OF
% THIS COMMUNITY TONIGHT.
% BUT EVERYBODY
GOT AN
INVITE.
% IN
FACT,
WE
JUST
GOT A
CALL
% TODAY FROM
SITTING
MAYOR DID HE
% BLASIO FROM
NEW YORK.
% WE SAID
COME
ON
DOWN
HERE.
% WE
WANT
TO
LISTEN TO YOU
TOO.
% WE HAVE
QUITE A FEW OF
THE
OTHER
% CANDIDATES.
% THERE ARE
22
OR
23 RIGHT
NOW.
% THEY'RE
WELCOME
TO COME AND
% SPEAK.
% AS I
MENTIONED
EARLIER,
AS A
% NONPROFIT WE
CANNOT
ENDORSE
BUT% WE
CAN
HIGHLIGHT
SOME
OF
THESE% PEOPLE.
% >>
HOW
DOES
WHAT
MANY
DESCRIBE% AS A CRISIS
AT
THE
U.S
.
BORDER
% WITH MEXICO SHAPE
HOW
YOUR
% MEMBERS FEEL GOING
INTO
THE
2020
% ELECTION?
% >> MOST
LATINOS
ARE
AGHAST
AT
% WHAT OUR
COUNTRY HAS
BECOME
% BECAUSE OF
THE PUBLIC
POLICIES
% OF DONALD TRUMP.
% I
COULDN'T IMAGINE
GROWING UP
IN% A
BORDER
TOWN
THAT
WE
WOULD
PUT
% IN
JAIL,
CONCENTRATION
CAMPS, I
% KNOW
WE
CALL
THEM
SOMETHING
% ELSE.
% WHEN
YOU
TAKE
KIDS
FROM
THEIR
% PARENTS, EVEN
BABIES,
AND
PUT
% THEM
IN
THESE
DETENTION
CENTERS,% IS THIS
WHAT
AMERICA
HAS
BECOME?
% YOU
KNOW, WE
ARE
THE
VANGUARDS
% OF
LIBERTIES
AND
FREEDOMS
AND
% CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
% TO DO
THAT
BY THE
POLICY
OF
THIS
% ADMINISTRATION IS
TOTALLY
% UNACCEPTABLE.
% WE'RE
THE
EPICENTER
OF
WRONG
% HERE.
% WE
DON'T
KNOW
WHAT
HAS
HAPPENED
% TO OUR
SHIP.
% WE
GOT
TO
BRING
IT BACK
TO
THOSE
% VALUES,
THOSE
AMERICAN
VALUES.
% WE'RE
VERY
UPSET,
TO
SAY
THE
% HEEFT.
% >>
AND THERE
ARE
CERTAINLY
% HISPANICS WHO
VOTED
FOR DONALD% TRUMP.
% HOW
DOES
HIS
RHETORIC GO
OVER
% WITH
PEOPLE
WHO MIGHT HAVE
VOTED
% FOR DONALD
TRUMP?
% >>
THEY'RE
NOT
LISTENING
TO
HIS
% --
THEY'RE ONLY
LISTENING
TO
HIS
% RHETORIC AND NOT
SEEING WHAT
HIS
% PRESIDENCY
HAS
DONE
TO
PEOPLE IN
% NEED,
THOSE
REFUGEES THAT
ARE
% COMING
HERE,
FLEEING
VIOLENCE
% AND
ECONOMIC
HARDSHIPS
I
N
THEIR
% HOME
COUNTRIES,
IN
MEXICO
AND
% OTHERS
IN CENTRAL
AMERICA.
% EVEN
FROM
AFRICA
NOW
THEY'RE
% COMING
INTO
MEXICO
AND
OTHER
% COUNTRIES AND
GOING
THROUGH
% THOSE
BORDERS.
% IT'S
NOT
JUST
MEXICANS
AND
% CENTRAL AMERICANS THAT ARE
% COMING TO
OUR
BORDERS
SEEKING
% ASYLUM.
% WHERE HAVE
YOU
HEARD
O
F
PEOPLE
% NOT BEING GIVEN
THE
RIGHT
TO
% ASYLUM?%WE
HAVE
THAT
AS
PART
OF
OUR
% CONTRACT
WITH
OTHER
NATIONS,
% THAT
W
E
WILL
OPEN.
% AND SO
THEY'VE
SLOWED THE
% PROCESS
OF
THOSE
SEEKING
ASYLUM
% BY SOME OF THE
PROBLEMS I
JUST
% MENTIONED.%>> VERY
QUICKLY,
HOW
ON
% IMPORTANT
ARE
HISPANICS TO
THE
% VOTE IN
2020
NATIONALLY
AND HERE
% IN
WISCONSIN?
% >>
WELL,
LET
ME
JUST
SAY
THAT
% THE ROAD TO
THE
PRESIDENCY OF
% THE UNITED STATES
OF
AMERICA
% GOES
THROUGH OUR
CITIES,
OUR
% COUNTIES
AND
OUR
STATES
WHERE
WE
% PREDOMINATE, IN
ABOUT
SIX
MAJOR
% CITIES.
% MANY OF
THOSE
ARE
GOING TO
BE
% SOME CITIES
THAT
IF
PEOPLE
GO
% OUT
AND
VOTE,
I
UNDERSTAND AND
% I'VE SEEN
SOME OF
THE
RESEARCH,
% THAT THE
ONLY
REASON
THAT DONALD
% TRUMP
WON
WAS
BECAUSE
PEOPLE
DID
% NOT VOTE.
% IF
PEOPLE
HAD
GOTTEN
OFF
THEIR
% DUFF
AND
GONE
AND
VOTED, HE
% WOULDN'T HAVE
WON.
% WE
HAVE A PROBLEM
WITH
THE
% ELECTORAL COLLEGE,
WINNER
TAKE
% ALL.
% PROBABLY
HILLARY
HAD
THREE
% MILLION MORE
POP
HAR
VOTES.
% WE
HAVE
ENGAGED
IN
THE
LAWSUIT
% TRYING TO
CHANGE
THAT
SYSTEM.
% WE'RE
SUING
FOUR
MAJOR
SYSTEMS
% ON HOW
THEY
DETERMINE
HOW
THE
% VOTING IS
SPLIT
ONCE
THE
% ELECTION IS
TAKEN.% >>
I
WANT TO
GET
YOU
ON
THIS,
% LASTLY.%WHAT IS
YOUR
COMMENT
ON
% NATIONWIDE
ICE
RAISED
SCHEDULED
% BY
THE
TRUMP
TRAITION
!
ADMINISTRATION
FOR
% THIS
WEEKEND?
% >> I DON'T THINK
TERRORIZING% PEOPLE IS THE
WAY
TO DO
IT.
% WE
DON'T
ACCEPT
CRIMINALS
OR
% PEOPLE
COMMITTING CRIMES
IN OUR
% COUNTRY.
% WE
THINK LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOULD
% COME
IN
AND
ROOT
THOSE
THAT
COME% HERE AND
DO
HARM
TO
ANYBODY
OR
% VIOLATE OUR
LAWS.
% BUT
WE
DON'T
THINK
CROSSING
THAT
% BORDER SHOULD
BE A
CRIMINAL ACT.
% THAT'S A
CIVIL
ACT,
YOU
RECEIVE
% FINES
AND
WHAT HAVE YOU.
% WE
HOPE
WE
WILL
SPONSOR
THROUGH
% OUR
FRIENDS
LEGISLATION
TO
MAKE
% IT
STRICTLY A
CIVIL
OFFENSE,
% LIKE
GETTING A
TICKET
AND
GOING
% AND
PAYING
YOUR
FINE
AND
THEN
% WORKING WITH THOSE.
% WE
THINK
THAT
IMMIGRANTS
COMING
% TO
OUR
COUNTRY, LIKE
IN
THE
% PAST, SHOULD HAVE
EVERY
RIGHT
TO
% CITIZENSHIP, A WAY
TO
% CITIZENSHIP,
BUT
THEY
MUST
% COMPLY.
% WE
BELIEVE IN
EARNED
% CITIZENSHIP.%>> HECTOR
FLORES, THANK YOU VERY
% MUCH.%>>
IT'S
MY
PLEASURE TO BE WITH
% YOU.%>>
PRESIDENT
TRUMP
ALSO
VISITED
% MILWAUKEE FRIDAY.
% HE
CAME
TO
WISCONSIN
TO
DISCUSS
% THE UNITED
STATES-MEXICO-CANADA
% AGREEMENT AND
HOLD A
% FUND-RAISER.
% IT'S
THE
PRESIDENT'S