JOSÉ DÍAZ-BALART, ANCHOR, TELEMUNDO: Trump said that the southern border lives an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. The truth is that illegal crossings are at the lowest level in 18 years.
JOSÉ DIAZ-BALART, ANCHOR, TELEMUNDO: if the trend continues at this rate, the year 2019 would be the year with more immigrant entries since 2007. So that we understand, in the last four months immigration authorities detained about 200,000 immigrants at the border which means a rise of 84 percent over the same period of the previous year which ended with the detention of 109,000 persons. By…
JORGE RAMOS, SENIOR NEWS ANCHOR, UNIVISION: Do you believe we can say that again in 2020, that no one can make it to the White House, no one can become President, without the Latino vote?
TOM PEREZ, CHAIR, DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE: Exactly. Look the, the blue wall in the West: Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona with Senator Sinema, Nevada, California. We have opportunities in Texas. And then…
XAVIER BECERRA, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA: Who could believe that the state of our Union would be moved by President Trump's extravagant obsession with building a wall on the border that not even the experts want?
ENRIQUE ACEVEDO, ANCHOR, UNIVISION: Upon talking about the situation on the border with Mexico, President Trump said that Republicans and Democrats must join forces to confront a national crisis, an ‘urgent national crisis’ he said. Well, the United States does not face an urgent national crisis at the border. What the President said is false. The number of undocumented detained on the southern…
CLAUDIA UCEDA, CORRESPONDENT, UNIVISION: A Marist/NPR/PBS poll conducted in the middle of the government shutdown suggests that 50 percent of Latinos surveyed approve the work of the President. An increase of 19 percent compared with the results of another survey conducted in December. 46 percent of respondents disapprove of him.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: These are just tremendous people. Many have been my friends for a long period of time, and I thought we'd go around the table and say a few words and that'll be great. Let's start with Pastor, please.
PASTOR RAMIRO PEÑA: Sure. Mr. President, thank you for having us here today. I have a letter to present to you from 150 Hispanic evangelical leaders simply saying an…
CAROLINA VALLADARES, CORRESPONDENT, NTN24: A massive pro-life movement march Friday in the heart of Washington. A human tide arrived from all corners of the country, answering the call of the organizers in the largest mobilization against abortion in the United States. Here you could find people from everywhere, not only from the American Union, but also people from other parts of the world…
JORGE RAMOS, SENIOR NEWS ANCHOR, UNIVISION: Cristina, does the wall work? Many Democrats and many Members of Congress had at one time voted for a border wall, there are currently 700 miles of wall along the border. Why not give President Trump the other 234 miles he’s asking for?
CRISTINA JIMÉNEZ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNITED WE DREAM: Because it is now clear, Jorge, that this debate is about much…
ROGELIO MORA-TAGLE, CORRESPONDENT, TELEMUNDO: This historic government shutdown seems to be gradually eroding the popularity of the President. According to a new survey, more Americans increasingly disapprove of his work.