Barack Obama

i proud to be here todai not just as the democrat_nomine for presid __PUNCT__ but as the first african_american nomine of my parti __PUNCT__ and i hope that somewher out in thi audienc sit the person who will becom the first latino nomine of a major_parti __PUNCT__

you know __PUNCT__ be here todai is a remind of why i in thi race __PUNCT__

becaus the reason i run for presid is to do what you do each dai in your commun __PUNCT__ help make a differ in the live of ordinari_american __PUNCT__

and that what i been work with latino leader to do ever sinc i enter public_servic more than twenti_year year_ago __PUNCT__

we stood togeth when i wa an organ __PUNCT__ lift up neighborhood in chicago that had been devast when the local steel plant_close __PUNCT__

we stood togeth when i wa a civil right attornei __PUNCT__ work with maldef and local latino elect to ensur that latino were be well repres in chicago __PUNCT__

and we march togeth in the street of chicago to fix our broken immigr system __PUNCT__

that why you can trust me when i sai that i be your partner in the white_hous __PUNCT__

and that what you need now more than ever __PUNCT__

becaus for eight long year __PUNCT__ washington hasn't been work for ordinari_american __PUNCT__

and few have been hit harder than latino and african_american __PUNCT__

you know what i talk about __PUNCT__

you know folk like felicita and fransisco __PUNCT__ a coupl i met in la_vega who were trick into bui a home thei couldn't afford __PUNCT__

you know about the famili all across thi countri who ar out of work __PUNCT__ or uninsur __PUNCT__ or struggl to pai rise_cost for everyth from a tank of ga to a bag of groceri __PUNCT__

and that why you know that we need chang in thi countri __PUNCT__

and while i respect john_mccain __PUNCT__ it not chang when he offer four more year of bush econom_polici that have fail to creat_job at a live_wage __PUNCT__ or insur our worker __PUNCT__ or help american afford the skyrocket cost of colleg __PUNCT__

that isn't chang __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ on place where senat_mccain us to offer chang wa on immigr __PUNCT__

he wa a champion of comprehens reform __PUNCT__ and i admir him for it __PUNCT__

but when he wa run for hi parti nomin __PUNCT__ he walk awai from that commit and he said he wouldn't even support hi own legisl if it came up for a vote __PUNCT__

if we ar go to solv the challeng we face __PUNCT__ you need a presid who will pursu genuin solut dai in and dai out __PUNCT__

and that is my commit to you __PUNCT__

we need immigr_reform that will secur our border __PUNCT__ and punish employ who exploit immigr labor __PUNCT__ reform that final bring the __NUM___million_peopl who ar here illeg out of the shadow by requir them to take step to becom legal citizen __PUNCT__

we must assert our valu and reconcil our principl as a nation of immigr and a nation of law __PUNCT__

that is a prioriti i will pursu from my veri first dai __PUNCT__

and we can do someth more __PUNCT__

we can tear town the barrier that keep the american_dream out of reach for so mani american __PUNCT__

we can end the hous_crisi and creat million of new job __PUNCT__

we can make sure that the million of latino who ar uninsur get the same health_care that i get as a member of congress __PUNCT__

we can improv our school __PUNCT__ recruit teacher to your commun __PUNCT__ and make colleg afford for anyon who want to go __PUNCT__

and we can final start serv our brave latino fight men and women and all our soldier as well as thei ar serv us __PUNCT__

we can do all thi __PUNCT__

si se pued __PUNCT__

but i can't do thi on my own __PUNCT__

i need your help __PUNCT__

thi elect could well come down to how mani latino turn out to vote __PUNCT__

and i proud that my campaign is work_hard to regist more latino __PUNCT__ and bring them into the polit_process __PUNCT__

becaus i truli believ that if we work togeth and fight togeth and stand togeth thi fall __PUNCT__ then you and i __PUNCT__ togeth __PUNCT__ will chang thi counti and chang thi world __PUNCT__

naleo close statement

you know __PUNCT__ a few year_ago __PUNCT__ i attend a natur workshop at st __PUNCT__ piu church in chicago __PUNCT__

and as i walk down the aisl __PUNCT__ i saw peopl clutch small american_flag __PUNCT__ wait for their turn to be call up so thei could begin the long process to becom u. __PUNCT__ citizen __PUNCT__

and at on point __PUNCT__ a young_girl __PUNCT__ seven or eight __PUNCT__ came up to me with her parent __PUNCT__ and ask for my autograph __PUNCT__

she said she wa studi govern in school and want to show it to her third grade class __PUNCT__

i ask her what her name wa __PUNCT__ and she said her name wa cristina __PUNCT__

i told her parent thei should be veri proud of her __PUNCT__

and as i watch cristina translat my word into spanish for them __PUNCT__ i wa remind that for all the nois and anger that too often surround the immigr debat __PUNCT__ america ha noth to fear from todai immigr __PUNCT__

thei have come here for the same reason that famili have alwai come here __PUNCT__ for the same reason my father came here __PUNCT__ for the hope that in america __PUNCT__ thei could build a better life for themselv and their famili __PUNCT__

like the wave of immigr that came befor them and the hispan_american like ken salazar whose famili have been here for gener __PUNCT__ the recent arriv of latino immigr will onli enrich our countri __PUNCT__

ultim __PUNCT__ then __PUNCT__ the danger to the american wai of life is not that we will be overrun by those who do not look like us or do not yet speak our languag __PUNCT__

the danger will come if we fail to recogn the human of cristina and her famili __PUNCT__ if we withhold from them the opportun we take for grant __PUNCT__ and creat a servant class in our midst __PUNCT__

more broadli __PUNCT__ the danger will come if we continu to stand idli by as the gap between wall_street and main_street grow __PUNCT__ as washington grow more out of touch __PUNCT__ and as america grow more unequ __PUNCT__

becaus america can onli prosper when all american prosper __PUNCT__ brown __PUNCT__ black __PUNCT__ white __PUNCT__ asian __PUNCT__ and nativ_american __PUNCT__

that the idea that li at the heart of my campaign __PUNCT__ and that the idea that will lie at the heart of my presid __PUNCT__

becaus we ar all american __PUNCT__

todo somo americano __PUNCT__

and in thi countri __PUNCT__ we rise and fall togeth __PUNCT__