'Latinos in the United States have been burdened for too long by a legacy of systemic discrimination,' said Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg.
"As the largest ethnic group in America, Latinos are a key part of the economic engine for our country," Buttigieg states."They are 50 percent more likely to start a business than their white counterparts…[and] Latino-owned companies grow faster than companies owned by other groups.
"Emboldened by this officially-sanctioned prejudice, hate crimes against Latinos soared by more than 20 percent last year," the South Bend mayor states. "Latinos in the United States have been burdened for too long by a legacy of systemic discrimination," he says."It is for this reason that our campaign has woven policies to support and empower the Latino community throughout our policy plans."
In addition, he has vowed to support more than 40,000 new small businesses by dedicating $1 billion in loan guarantees to microlenders. He has also vowed to award 25 percent of federal contracting money to small business owners from underrepresented groups.On environmental justice, Buttigieg has said that his approach to climate change mitigation will"center the lives of communities of color that have so often been pushed to the sidelines.
The South Bend mayor promises to work towards creating a pathway to citizenship for the approximately 11 million people living in the U.S. undocumented, while also vowing to accelerate the reunification of separated immigrant families and to update the"list of removable offenses" that can see immigrants in the U.S. deported.The plan also notes that Latinos in the U.S. are 3.
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