born hispanics median age of u.s. born hispanics is 19. that means half of the hispanic population born in the united states is still not into adulthood. it gives you a sense of today's youth concerns relative importance among hispanic voters. this is another wild card how many of them will vote, how many will turn out, register, et cetera. but also not just about this election cycle something that will continue for the next two to three decades as we don't have a number of first time voters, a number of young people who know where to register, beginning their adult life, moving around, establishing families. it's actually hard to get a young person to register to vote. the previous panel a lot of folks are talking about this, more of a youth issue than a latino issue. the youth issue is more of a challenge for hispanics than it is for other groups. what about nativity? i think this is one of the most i wanting charts in our most recent report. look at the share foreign born. relatively flat since about 2000. in other words naturalizations

one of the things that excites me about the hispanic community is that 85% of hispanics already living in the us are citizens or are in the process of becoming citizens. we tend to focus on the smaller percentage of hispanics which may be undocumented are not citizens or permanent residents, but any combination of that is still significantly less than the majority which are in addition to being not monolithic because we live all over the country and have all sorts of opinions and come from all different backgrounds and have manner of perspectives, we also largely focus on other issues which are not related immigration. i think you know somebody which is an important topic, but there are a number of different issues in many states where being successful. at the state level we focus on the issues. and on that front when we recruit candidates that reflect the communities, the emerging leaders in the state and when we have good campaigns and do good work we find that we win. >> latino specifically. >> well, i agree that latinos are diverse. that is true of lots. i think that i really don't

born hispanics, the median age of u.s.-born hispanics is 19.hat means half of the hispanic population born in the united states is still not in adulthood. that gives you some sense of today's youth concerns, or the relative importance and weight of youth among hispanic voters. this is, i think, another wild card. how many are going to vote? how many are going to turn out? but it's also not just about this election cycle, it's something that's going to continue to the next two or three decades, as we continue to have a number of first-time voters, a number of young people who may not know where to register. they're beginning their adult life, so they're moving around. they're establishing families. it's actually hard to get a young person to register to vote. and the previous panel of a lot of folks are talking about, this might be a youth issue more than a latino issue. that's true. but the truth issue is perhaps more of a challenge for hispanics than it is for other groups. what about nativity? i think this is one of the most interesting chart

i worked for the hispanic vote. i was director for the republican national committee in that -- in north carolina uring that time. we won north carolina for romney and woe won it largely because we increased the hispanic voter, you know, percentage for the republicans in that state. so now they've been this kind of initiative which is a successful strategy around the clock, 24/7 and have invests, according to the r.n.c. estimates, $10 million. future majority project invested $11 million in the candidates so we have new faces in the party. the first sort of test ground for this initiative that the republican national committee has put together is 2014. glen has shown we received 36% of the hispanic vote which ultimately led to the elections of very swing senate states like colorado for cory gardner or florida for rick scott and most notably in texas greg abbott 46% of the hispanic vote. quite larger than his predecessor before him. this initiative, if you look at the actual numbers, seems to be working hard to engag

around 70% of hispanics here in florida speak spanish. so i believe that you do hav hae to reach out in both languages, and in their communities, and in their language also. now that marco rubio is out, who is the republican party going to speak in their language? we'll have to see what happens with the republican party and what their agenda is going to be this time. >> latinos in 2016, it's the >> pushing the boundaries of science. >> we are on the tipping point. >> we can save species. >> it's the biggest question out there. >> it's a revolutionary approach. >> we are pushing the boundaries. >> techknow is going to blow your mind. >> our experts go inside the innovations, impacting you. >> this is the first time anybody's done this. >> i really feel my life changing. >> techknow, where technology meets humanity. only on al jazeera america. >> you're watching "inside story," i'm ray suarez. latino voters have historically been concentrated in a handful of states, illinois, texas, and the response is muted because everybody knows that the

around 70% of hispanics here in florida speak spanish. so i believe that you do hav hae to reach out in both languages, and in their communities, and in their language also. now that marco rubio is out, who is the republican party going to speak in their language? we'll have to see what happens with the republican party and what their agenda is going to be this time. >> latinos in 2016, it's the "inside story". >> you're watching "inside story," i'm ray suarez. latino voters have historically been concentrated in a handful of states, illinois, texas, and the response is muted because everybody knows that the republicans are going to win in texas and a democrat is going to win in california. but now that there are 55 million latinos in the united states and hundreds of thousands of perspective voters every year, not only in the big states, but in colorado, arizona, north carolina and virginia, might we see the early glimmerings of a new map? an electoral map transformed by new voters? had latinos? 2016 on the program. my guests are with me

i mean, i'm obviously a result of the hispanic community i grew up in a majority hispanic area and ican tell you hispanics are not monolithic. we have to understand that the u.s. is not monolithic. i've been to over 35 states recruiting candidates and i can tell you a republican from arkansas is not the same as one from washington and not the same as one from oregon and similar to a hispanic. a hispanic that grew up in southern california is not the same as one that grew up on the border in texas or in miami where i grew up. it is a very different culture and it's a very different country. i think one of the things that excites me about the hispanic community particularly in this country is that 85% of hispanics already living in the u.s. are citizens or are in the process of becoming citizens. you know, so we tend to particularly in mainstream media focus on these smaller percentage of hispanics which are maybe undocumented or not citizens or permanent residents but any combination of that is still significantly less than the majority of us which are in addition to being non -- not

hispanic vote and the state.hat latinos were registered as democrats than republicans and the cap has only -- only widened since then, leading to the growing influence of democrats with hispanic voters in 2008. how do you plan to vote in this election? let me show you one more moment from last night. hillary clinton toward the beginning of the debate, was asked about her previous statements against immigration and whether she is flip-flopping. >> in 2003, i sponsored the dreamer act. i sponsored it in every congress after that. i have been consistent and committed to comprehensive immigration reform. i think our best chance was in 2007 when ted kennedy led the charge on immigration reform. we had republican support any president willing to sign it. i voted for that bill and senator sanders voted against it. imagine where we would be today if we had achieved comprehensive immigration reform nine years ago. imagine how much more secure families would be in our country, no longer fearing the deportation of a loved o

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all my grandchildren are hispanic, and am a great grandchildren are hispanic, and i disagree with thet in texas they are not. andte the way that race religion are brought into the elections because it does nothing but harm our security and our peace in our families in this country. it has done it for a long time and it needs to not be there. i don't think that that should be reported. people who have lived here and who have not done anything wrong in the country, i have a right to stay here. i think that they deserve to be here legally. host: ok, karlyn bowman? guest: nationally, democrats have won the hispanic folk, but you are correct. in texas, republicans have done well among hispanics and that is important. hispanics have not had the same distinctive experience historically that african-americans have had. that is a monolithic vote with over 80% democratic for a long time. it is hard to know how hispanics will be voting this generation or the next, but they have cast the first two votes nationally for president obama. inst: according to estimates 2012 of the latino population, te

so 54% of hispanics agreed that obama had not pushed hard enough to get immigration reform done. i have a quote in this article this is something i use all the time i motivating and here she is sitting in the panel. you had a lot of people this is warning, it may be hard to process late turnout and what she said it's people are saying what gives? i i remember when i read this and i thought that's exactly what she would've said. people are quite upset. 53% of hispanics had said that after three years they were less excited about president obama, only 30% were more excited. finally the article concludes that there were groups of students doing siddons and campaign offices. this was in summer 2012. this is not the image you want to student sitting in your office doing citizens. this was the headline on election day, latino voters sweep obama and office. record latino turnout. we had a very sharp change in those last four months or so of the election 2012. went to try to grapple with what explains this turnaround. here's president obama given remarks on his immigration policy, here h

he's employed thousands of hispanics.nd when you talk about the wall, hispanic americans are americans first and they also want the protection the wall would provide. >> i've got to go, but i have to ask this question quickly. jose, you are here in the country illegally. you've been very public about that. >> and i'm not from mexico. >> do you worry about your friends who are here illegally? do you worry about what is going to happen to you under a trump presidency? >> do i worry? my grandmother worries. the fastest growing undocumented population in america are asians, not latinos. the conversation has been not only toxic, but so much is inaccurate. [ overlapping speakers ] >> it's great to see you both. that was funny. >> thank you, megyn. >>> we are also talking with reince priebus and we'll ask about reports that the rules are changing as a contested convention looks more likely. >>> plus, as we watch these protesters in utah, we track down one of the activists who help shut down the trump speech in chicago next week.

the population is hispanic. hillary clinton also getting into that state saying that, you know, telling a radio host she believes that they have done a good job securing the borders. that when she was in the senate she voted to secure the borders and it's not as big of a problem. the exact opposite of what donald trump and some republicans argue nap dynamic when it comes to the general election, a huge one to watch and one republicans, frankly, pointed to as a problem area for them in 2012. they said they need to better reach out to hispanics, need to make sure that they are making in-roads with that growing voter population and why you hear a lot of gop establishment figures really concerned about donald trump's rhetoric about building a bigger wall, that it does push away hispanics and latinos from the party and that i think will continue to be these protests and particularly in these western states, that is going to be a big narrative going into the big primaries on tuesday, fred. >> hmm. then jeffrey, donald

that is not hispanic.we are now in a world where the nonwhite vote will be close to the majority by the middle of this century. republicans could be competitive in a world where they got the majority of white votes. very few black vote so they could still be competitive in campaigns going forward. but in 2012 mitt romney got just 17% of the nonwhite vote. obama got more than 70% of the hispanic vote. he got more than 70% of the asian-american vote. these are rising shares of the american electorate. the republican party itself did an autopsy after the 2012 race with many leading republicans thought they were going to winey because her number, between 2008-2012 we have an opponent rates at eight, nine, topped off at 10% of the economy was still in very, very bad shape. and yet obama bond of winning and winning easily because electorate had changed and have become more nonwhite and more dominated by young adults. the republican party has not solved this problem.no many people thought after the 2012 election

and there'll be 27.three hispanics eligible. but four agents more of our naturalizing so that is an interesting different for that population. take about what the pundits are saying? >> with the presidential race in the governor's race in all the states according to the report were likely to be ending, of redwood is 14. five in virginia read just under with 5%. this is a population that is dispersing indeed been if the numbers when it was 1.5% , but of course, their foreign but they will aid to the health care there never. that is true -- it is slower so when we talk about the hispanic so we will see a record turnout with more people turning them have to approach, each hair and. >> you can see that here. the median native u.s. board hispanics is 19 this deck. >> this is a wild card. is sending several in vinegar if it is harsh to get him added cuts in other words, naturalization plays a big role but the third generation of those and what is. with that just. but i haven't had a lot of this is probably due to his your free but you

they hear trump saying that hispanics are for him. hispanics want border security. no one believes that when that is said. do you really believe it? >> i believe it. we have coalition of latino leaders both republicans and democrat we set up through the arizona republican party. that is one of the big issues we talk about because one thing you don't recognize, when illegal undocumented workers come into our state, whose jobs do they take? a lot of time they're taking other hispanic's jobs. whose identities they steal? their hispanic eye dinties. can't steal robert grant. wouldn't fit demographic. they're feeling pressure. for instance in southern arizona there is town that has 25% unemployment still today. even with this supposed economic recovery. and it is largely hispanic. so they're looking for real policy changes and real leadership in the white house to try to bring jobs back. it is interesting time. definitely a fierce competition on ground right now. melissa: yes. we'll see how it turns out. robert, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. david: we'll watch

asian-americans are growing at a faster clip than hispanic-americans. the rnc said comprehensive immigration reform should be embraced by all republicans. there was counterargument to that. people said wait a second, what about cranking up the white vote and not going with comprehensive immigration reform and that's sort of the avenue trump has taken. a lot of strategists think in an election it is the death knell for the republican party but in a primary where the overwhelming pop slags white you can do quite well. i have to say if you look at the general election numbers, trump's numbers, favorability numbers with hispanics, they are abysmal. he has to do quite a turnaround in the general election to win that group back. how you do with a group in a primary has very little with how you'd do in a general election. right now he would be the most unpopular general election nominee in modern times. >> there is this fascinating study out of the university of new york that found that the latino voting bloc could sway this election in nine different states,

your book is a division, whites, hispanics. there's no such thing. hispanics are white. if you ever look at census. that's why i says nonhispanic white. blacks have been flatlined. they -- 12% of the population for the past hundred year and most of that is because of the 1970s abortions were most abortions are done by blacks. they're killing off their own race. if you want to talk about truth, let's get away from dividing people. we're all christians, we're all god's children. this idea that only whites can rule whites whites and blacks ce blacks and spanish people can only rule spanish people, it's a fallacy. >> host: all right, john, a lot of the table there professor alcoff. >> guest: well, i don't think i can do more than gesture toward the book. this isn't just a sales pitch but i do address the history of the firm caucasian, the history of the term white, latino, african-american in the book, and try to talk about how to think about the meanings of those terms, given that checkered history and so i just point to that, because it's too much to think that you put on

what about hispanics? >> that's a really interesting question because in nevada if you'll remember during their caucus, the headline out of there was bernie sanders did surprisingly well with hispanics, in fact 8% better than hillary clinton, but in texas where hillary clinton won, she actually had more than 30% more of the hispanic vote. i think the total she got was 67%. so it's a little unclear exactly how she's going to do with the hispanic vote but it's essential, especially in miami-dade where hispanics are the vast majority of this county. in fact there are two voters that are registered democrats compared to every one who is non-hispanic in this area. so it's essential. immigration of course is going to be a key topic tonight. >> ross palombo live in miami, florida, ahead of tonight's democratic debate. thank you. >>> serious allegations against his parents who adopted him. today a los gatos man spoke publically for the first time saying his parents sexually abused him for years. >> plus, accusatio

that's true of older hispanics and it's true of younger hispanics. you think about, for example, the story of texas. i've met a lot of adult texans who have a lot of opinions about candidates, issues, et cetera. and you ask them, are you registered to vote? they're hispanic, and they say no because i don't have the time. but they have a strong opinion about it. so i think that this is the challenge within the latino community which is getting people registered, to get them to vote. but, of course, the impact of youth is a big part of this. how does this compare to other groups of americans? generally speaking, latinos are registering to vote at lower rates, but once registered, they tend to turn out similarly to other americans. even though there's still a little bit of a gap. in terms of youth. in my previous job, i used to fund research to look at how to get young latinos out to vote. and one of the things that some researchers had found and this is randomized, they found, face-to-face, hispanic-to-hispanic outreach, was often most effective to get

so while he can win a primary it is still highly unlikely that he plays, if you look at his hispanic and latino trouble. at 80%, african americans and women and young people. you can't win with those kinds of numbers. he is going to have to move fast to try to address that and i'm not so certain can he do that. >> joe when people say to me, is this real, can he really become president, speaking to what jeannie just said, there is an invisible coalition, a lot of people in this country who aren't alarmed because they think that the horse has left the barn and abortion rights, gay rights are coming and states rights are eroding them, they are not as motivated to support the nondonald trump person. could you see blacks and hispanics and women and all sorts of people coming out in numbers you haven't seen before just to make certain that donald trump doesn't become president? >> that becomes the challenge for donald trump if he is the republican nominee as he is poised to become. he has got to win over hispanics, he's got to win over african americans, and women, in large numbers. i thin

we are doubling down on the problem we have with hispanics. have you ever heard of the statement, too big to fail? we are too stubborn to win. i told you so, please keep beating up on the hispanic community. try to open up the party to conservatism had a will allow us to grow. we'ring lo losing because we are in a demographic death spiral. how many sometimes do you have to lose to understand why you're losing? we're in a demographic death spiral with hispanics and young people and donald trump is not the answer to our problems. late to stop him. >> absolutely. >> the fault lies with you and the republican establishment. >> blame that if you want to. all i can say that -- ted cruz says we're losing because we eliminate mitt romney and john roberts, i say we're losing because we're driving away the surfacest growing demographic in america, hispanics, who should be our voters. we come across as really intolerant to young people, that conservatism would really sell to anybody but the public at large, there's a theory as to why we're losing and i b

a place republicans, remember, four years ago said we need to do better with hispanics.renching their hands in the gop establishment. a great question to ask, is, how do you reach out to these hispanic voters and what is the importance, because these protest, as jeffrey lord pointed out, fred, aren't going away. >> jeremy diamond, hopefully you're still with us, you're in the thick of it at that scheduled rally. it's late, right? by about 25 minutes. it was supposed to start at the top of the hour. sheriff joe arpaio to introduce donald trump. what is the crowd saying about this delay? what do they know? >> reporter: so far people are anxiously waiting around. stephanie pointed out, it is 90 degrees here. the crowd has repeatedly been told to stay hydrated as they continue to wait for donald trump but it's not uncommon for donald trump to start a little late. certainly people hoping he starts soon, though. as far as protests, you can't see any of that standing where we are but, of course, people would be prepared, the campaign would be prepared to deal with protestors in

that's true of older hispanics and it's true of younger hispanics. you think about, for example, the story of texas. i've met a lot of adult texans who have a lot of opinions about candidates, issues, et cetera. and you ask them, are you registered to vote? they're hispanic, and they say no because i don't have the time. but they have a strong opinion about it. so i think that this is the challenge within the latino community which is getting people registered, to get them to vote. but, of course, the impact of youth is a big part of this. how does this compare to other groups of americans? generally speaking, latinos are registered to vote at lower rates, but once registered, they tend to turn out similarly to other americans. but there's still a gap. in terms of youth. in my previous job, i used to fund research to look at how to get young latinos out to vote. and one of the things they found, face-to-face, hispanic-to-hispanic outreach, was often most effective to get them to register and to the polls. nonpartisan message. it is your civic duty. g

how important is it to you to have a hispanic president, the first hispanic president? do you care?you? so it's not really a big deal. >> most qualified. i want the most qualified. >> the most qualified. >> reporter: most qualified candidate to some in this group of hispanic voters is donald trump. >> my fellow trumpsters are equally excited. we haven't been this excited about an election in a long time. >> reporter: on the eve of super tuesday we gathered these hispanic voters at southern methodist university in the heart of dallas, george w. bush country. turns out, not only do a handful of them like trump, they've hardly been offended by anything he's said. all but two in our group support trump's idea of building a wall at the southern border. >> okay. what a lot of people don't realize with the whole immigration issue is that if a person comes over to this country and they don't have the right documentations, it's against the law. i don't understand why people don't get that. >> there's no such thing as open borders. if we have open borders, we don't have a country, as mr. trum

latina 50 plus is a newly created organization that honors hispanic females over 50 for being trailblazers in their professions. in return, those pioneers set out to mentor, to motivate, to coach and inspire the younger latina generation. we'll tell you how they do that in just a few minutes. right now, though, we focus on the borough with the largest percentage of latinos. what borough is that, everyone? the bronx. there we go. according to a 2014 u.s. census bureau report, 54.8% of bronxites are latinos, more than half the borough. president rub\n d^az jr. held his seventh -- can you believe it? -- state of the borough address. there he is. he announced $10 million of his capital budget would go towards renovating the orchard beach pavilion. goals for the bronx include becoming the next silicon valley. yep. he also mentioned millions in projects. 23,000 new units of housing. the workforce participation in the bronx has never been higher. all right. well, that's the overview. let's get down to the details. aqu^ con nosotros esta maana, bronx borough president rub\n d^az jr. >> good to see

please quit being beeting up on the hispanic community. quit saying most illegal immigrants are rapists and drug dealers, because they're not. try to open up the party to conservatism in a fashion that will allow us to grow." we're losing because we're in a demographic death spiral. how many times do you have to lose to understand why you're losing? we're in a demographic death spiral with hispanics and young people and donald trump is not the answer to our problems. >> reporter: but at the same time, you're too late to stop him, many people will say. >> yeah, absolutely. >> reporter: so that means the fault lies with you and the >> blame me if you want to. all i can say is that i-- ted cruz says we're losing because we nominate mitt romney, john mccain, and bob dole, who are moderates and there are 50 million evangelicals who won't vote for a candidate like mitt romney. i say we're losing because we're driving away the fastest growing demographic in america, hispanics, who should be our voters. we come across as really intolerant to young

sarah, we know hispanic voters could be key in this election but will they make a difference for rubio in the florida primary? ian, this could be the first time americans have a latino in the white house, but both rubio and cruz may not have the voters they need to win. rubio's parents are from cuba ted cruz's father was born in cuba we know they are both fighting to get the growing hispanic vote but in several key swing states including florida most latinos are not cuban and most lean democratic. most also oppose both rubio's and cruz's positions on immigration reform. all of that could dash the gop's hopes that cruz or rubio could do what few republicans have ever been able to do in a presidential election: attract significant hispanic support. coming up-- rubio and john kasich are up against the clock. as the 3rd and 4th place candidates, time is running out for them to woo voters, i'll explain their biggest obstacle at 6. live in tampa, sarah hollenbeck, 10news wtsp voters in michigan head to the polls tomorrow for their primary. sunday night -- the democratic candidates took cente

>> reporter: well, as you know, joy, you know, the hispanic vote especially in florida does not vote as one bloc. there's cuban-americans in south florida that they may have different views from other hispanics around the country. marco rubio was expected to use nevada as his western fire wall so to speak and he did not do as well there as some who have hoped. donald trump beat him there. he's going after the hispanic vote in florida, but the problem is a lot of that vote had previously gone after jeb bush and the question is will all of them now transition to marco rubio or will they perhaps give ted cruz a look because as you know ted cruz also cuban-american and will make a play for the hispanic vote. but certainly marco rubio campaign right now is going for all the votes it can get, and, yes, it is trying to make an outreach to the hispanic vote. joy? >> all right. yep, all politics is local. rubio may regret not getting in and organizing in florida earlier. thank you. thank you very much. >>> i want to turn to my guests and joining me from memphis, snz, is elise george and a for

i get along with hispanics. i won in the poll, the hispanic vote. i have thousands who work for me right now that are hispanic. i've had thousands of thousands over my lifetime free these are great people. the mexican leaders are too smart for our leaders. you saw it. foxce and fox -- vincent a no one even talked about the word he used. he was angry at the concept of somebody saying they were going to pay for the wall. we have a trade deficit with mexico. $58 billion. the wall is going to cost $10 billion. it is so easy. i've had these guys. you don't really mean next quiz going to pay for the wall. as sure as you are standing there, 100% mexico is going to pay. [applause] i'm a businessman. i know how to do this. politicians are all talk. except for chris christie, of course. it is not going to happen. when you think of that, and they say you are never going to be able to build a wall, it is 2000 miles but we need 1000 miles. the great wall of china is 13,000 miles, folks. they didn't have caterpillar tractors. i love john deere. they didn't have t