HELPING HISPANIC FAMILIES ACHIEVE ECONOMIC SECURITY

President Obama is focused on restoring basic economic security to Hispanics and all Americans. He understands that too many Hispanic families have been hurt by a decade of declining wages and unemployment and hes fought for policies that give everyone a fair shot and the opportunity to succeed. He knows that its not enough to just recover from the recessionwe need to rebuild the economy so that hard work pays, responsibility is rewarded and everyone from Wall Street to Main Street plays by the same rules. As President Obama said in his July 2011 address to the National Council of La Raza, My number one priority, every single day, is to figure out how we can get businesses to hire and create jobs with decent wages. Thats why he has fought consistently to create jobs and help Hispanic families achieve economic security. President Obama signed legislation incentivizing hiring among small businesses and non-profits, both of which have a significant track record of hiring Hispanics, as well as legislation that helped thousands of small Hispanic-owned businesses get the loans they need to operate and grow. To help Hispanic families make ends meet during these difficult times, President Obama signed the Recovery Act, which provided a tax cut for 95 percent of working families, supported job training programs that connect Hispanic workers to employment in high-growth industries, and kept an estimated 1.9 million Hispanic families out of poverty.

PRESIDENT OBAMA CONTINUES FIGHTING TO HELP RESTORE ECONOMIC SECURITY AND GET HISPANICS BACK TO WORK:

The President signed the hiring incentives to restore employment act into law, giving incentives to small businesses and non-profits both with significant track records in hiring Hispanic workers to begin hiring as soon as possible.

Obama signed the Small Business Jobs Act into law, which made 3,218 loans totaling $808,493,000 to Hispanic small businesses in 2010. More than 3.2 million Hispanics were served by the Department Of Labors Wagner Peyser Job Training Program in a single year. President Obamas $4 Billion Broadband Initiative is bringing more Hispanics online and providing training needed for todays jobs. President Obama provided $150 Million in grants for the Pathways Out Of Poverty Program, which helps disadvantaged populations gain economic self-sufficiency through employment in renewable energy

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PRESIDENT OBAMA SUPPORTS WORKER SAFETY AND WORKER RIGHTS:

President Obamas Department Of Labor held a national action summit for Hispanic workers, educating nearly 1,000 employers and employees on workers safety and rights. The Department Of Labor hired more than 400 new investigators dedicated to worker safety outreach and to helping workers understand their rights

PRESIDENT OBAMAS ECONOMIC POLICIES SUPPORT HISPANIC FAMILIES:

The Recovery Act cut taxes for 95% of working families. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the Recovery Act kept 6.2 million Americans out of poverty in 2009, including 1.9 million Hispanics. President Obama signed tax cut legislation expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit for 3.7 million Hispanic families, including 8 million Hispanic children. President Obama established the Hardest Hit Fund to aid families in states most strongly affected by the economic and housing downturn; many were states where Hispanic families are most affected by the foreclosure crisis.

President Obama signed the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act to protect Hispanics and all Americans from unfair and deceptive credit card practices and ensure access to credit and basic financial services.

President Obama signed the Wall Street Reform Bill to protect Hispanic families and all Americans against abusive financial products and services, create greater access to safe, affordable bank accounts and credit, and guard consumers from predatory practices by banks, mortgage brokers, and other financial institutions.

STRENGTHENING EDUCATION FOR THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY

President Obama has made sure that the Hispanic community was included in efforts to advance education opportunities for all Americans. President Obama updated the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics to improve educational opportunities at every level. Head Start programs, whose students are 33% Hispanic, received a $2.1 billion investment from the Recovery Act. The Presidents budget has made key investments in early learning programs, such as Head Start and child care, so that children enter school ready to learn. Approximately 19 percent of the nations child care subsidy recipients are Hispanic and 33 percent of participants in Head Start also are Hispanic. The Presidents student loan reform has doubled the amount spent on Pell Grants, providing assistance to the 39% of all Hispanic undergraduates who rely on them. The President has also made a record investment of over $1 billion into Hispanic Serving Institutions, including a recent set of grants to 100 HSIs totaling over $107 million.

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Putting An Emphasis On Every Level of Hispanic Education In the White House:

President Obama renewed the White House Initiative on Education Excellence for Hispanics, an executive order seeking to improve educational opportunities for students.

Prioritizing Early Education For The Hispanic Community And Ensuring Our Schools Have The Resources To Grow And Improve:

The Recovery Act invested $5 billion in early learning programs including Head Start, where 33% of enrollees are Hispanic. Winners of President Obamas Race to the Top education reform initiative reach approximately 22% of the Hispanic student population.

Helping Ensure Higher Education Is In Reach for Hispanics:

President Obama signed legislation strengthening Hispanic-serving higher education institutions by investing over $1 billion over the next decade. The Presidents Student Loan Reform has doubled the amount spent on Pell Grants, providing assistance to the 39% of all Hispanic undergraduates who rely on them.

IMPROVING HEALTH CARE FOR THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY

The Affordable Care Act Lowers Costs & Improves Care For Hispanic Families:

The Affordable Care Act will provide health coverage to 9 million Hispanics who currently lack coverage by 2014. The Affordable Care Act requires new health plans to offer coverage without cost sharing for obesity screening, weight loss counseling, blood pressure screening, and tests for high cholesterol and diabetes. The Affordable Care Act prohibits lifetime limits on how much insurers can cover when customers get sick. The Affordable Care Act caps out-of-pocket expenses for families, such as co-pays and deductibles, for all new health care plans. The Affordable Care Act provides for sliding tax credits for low and moderate income families without access to affordable employer-sponsored insurance. The Affordable Care Act prohibits insurance companies from rescinding coverage when a customer gets sick. The Affordable Care Act eliminates discrimination for pre-existing conditions, health status, and age. President Obama signed the Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act.

The Obama Administration Increased Funding For Medicare:

Assisted low-income families during the recession through the Recovery Act, boosting Medicare payments to states by $91 billion.

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PRESIDENT OBAMAS IMMIGRATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND INITIATIVES

Despite congressional opposition, President Obama has repeatedly pressed for reform of our broken immigration system. President Obama has prioritized the deportation of undocumented immigrants with criminal records, boosting criminal deportations by 70%. President Obama has also advocated on behalf of undocumented students and the victims of human trafficking, and has worked to streamline legal immigration and strengthen the integration of legal immigrants into our communities. For the first time in history, under the Presidents direction, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is focusing its resources on deporting criminals and not on low priority cases such as those involving the talented students we know as DREAMers, or spouses of soldiers, or veterans who have served our country. DHS and the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that they will be reviewing the 300,000 existing cases of immigrants with deportation orders in order to weed out low-priority cases, like DREAMers, and on a caseby-case basis give them temporary relief from deportation and the possibility of applying for a work permit. The administration will take additional steps to keep these low priority cases out of the deportation pipeline in the first place. This common-sense approach makes better use of the resources we have by deporting immigrants that pose a security threat rather than valedictorians or family members caring for sick relatives. At the same time, the President remains committed to comprehensive immigration reform and will work hard to find partners on both sides of the aisle in Congress to fix our broken immigration system. President Obama Has Repeatedly Affirmed His Commitment To Achieving Comprehensive Immigration Reform And Expanding Opportunities For Service Members And Entrepreneurs:

President Obama is committed to working with congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform. President Obama has reaffirmed his commitment to providing a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. The Obama Administration launched an online service that allows workers to check their eligibility status and correct inaccuracies. In 2010, the Obama Administration naturalized 11,146 members of the Armed Forces, the largest number since 1955. The Obama Administrations proposed changes to H1-B visas would establish advanced registration for employers and save businesses $23 million over 10 years. The Obama Administration launched a series of roundtables aimed at engaging community leaders and elevating the immigration debate; As Of May 10, 30 meetings had taken place.

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President Obamas immigration enforcement policies prioritize removal of criminals, cracks down on employers of undocumented workers:

Obama Administrations immigration enforcement focuses on immigrants convicted of crimes instead of undocumented students. The Obama Administration has emphasized employer audits over workplace raids.

President Obama has fought on behalf of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children as well as victims of violence and human trafficking:

President Obama has expressed his strong support for the DREAM Act. In 2010, the Obama Administration issued 447 visas to victims of human trafficking, the most issues by USCIS. After a decade of delays, the Obama Administration began issuing visas specifically for victims of domestic abuse en masse.

The Obama Administration has worked to reduce the immigration case backlog by hiring a record number of immigration judges:

The Obama Administration has hired immigration judges at a record-breaking pace.

President Obama has made border security a priority:

The number of border patrol agents has doubled since 204, and President Obama has placed an additional 2,200 agents on the U.S.-Mexico border. The Obama Administration has increased seizures of illegal currency, firearms, and drugs crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

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