In wendy miami. Joining us now is gary a professor at stanford and the coauthor of this book will be no america how americas most dynamic population was poised to transform the politics of the nation. How do you define latino . Anyone that identifies the defendant. This is the population that is defended in the nation. And you said serving. What do you mean by that its based on the work that we do do in that decision on the research that focuses on what he knows. Primarily for political purposes but also for social and advocacy. We interviewed about 80,000 people over the last seven years and we asked them different questions in the government, politics, society, life in the United States, families and health and any topic you can imagine. As the 2010 census it is arrayed around a 17 . Of the population change quickly over time but it should be creeping up in the 20 range. Translate that into numbers. Theres about 55 million latinos in the United States. How many of them are citizens a
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] a [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning. It is a sunny day in miami. I am the dean of the college at Miami Dade College ended is the pleasure to be with you today for the 2014 Miami Book Fair international. The book fair is great for for the support of the night foundation, American Airlines and many other generous supporters. We would like to acknowledge special people in the audience today. I see some of you here. Thank you for your continued support. [applause] todays presentation features two speakers. We will reserve time for q a. If you entry would have been given an index card. Please be certain to jot your questions down on the card and pass them to the right on this side and on that side as well. We will be collecting them throughout the program. At this time we invite you to silence your cellphon
Good evening, everyone. Thanks for joining us this evening. I am richard fontaine, the president for the new american security. Its a pleasure to welcome all of you tonight for the celebration of the new book upon its publication sites of the memoir a modern war and the practice. If you come to these events before and youve read our publication, that the work is no doubt known. He was the second president and has left very large shoes that ive been attempting to fill since then. He serves as a house member in pennsylvania and hes a visiting professor he is a visiting professor at Kings College in london. His book i saw in the proposal form quite a while ago when he was thinking about doing this and i have to confess that in the back of my head even just a few minutes ago i thought a book on the middle east and iraq and Counter Insurgency and terrorism and all of this, you know, how could this be possibly relevant to today but he has impeccable timing because the lessons that hes drawn
If you want want to do with the frustration many to have an environment where we are not exploiting those people. Host gary segura is the coauthor of this book Latino America how americas most dynamic population is poised to transform the politics of the nation. He also teaches at stanford. Professor segura thank you for your time on and booktv. Guest all right. Thomas read former Campaign Manager for Ronald Reagan in 1960s talks about president reagans Political Development and argues that reagan was a political grandmaster. This is about 40 minutes. Ronald reagan experienced several beginnings in his career history whether starting as a radio broadcaster in iowa becoming a successful hollywood actor, serving as spokesman for the General Electric Company Hosting a number one rated Television Program becoming governor of california and seeking the presidency. Each of these as a specific new piece to our understanding of the man and his character and we continue to learn more about him
Because theyre being told that the president is acting unconstitutionally, which is nonsense, the president is breaking the law, which is nonsense. If that was the case, Ronald Reagan brock the law, george h. W. Bush broke the law. But they should vent their frustration at the house of representatives, who not only have not voted on the senate bill but have not offered a bill of their own. The president said degreed a lival in nevada, pass a bill. The runs have it within their ability to pass a piece of legislation at any time. The other reason i sort of reject the frustration is that we have to remember what it is that undocumented immigrants do in the United States. They pick the crops, they process the meat, they roof the houses, they do the ugly, nasty, painful, unpleasant jobs, that very few americans have shown a willingness to apply for. Every time one of our listeners today eats a strawberry or a piece of chicken, their life has been subsidized by the labor of those undocumente