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…
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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Pastor, please
PASTOR RAMIRO PEÑA: Well, thank you Mr. President first for coming to Texas again and for supporting the Rio Grande Valley.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you
PASTOR PEÑA: I especially want to thank you for calling this what it is: a humanitarian crisis. When you use that language it really sets bells to ringing, because that is what it is. People in my…
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Pastor, please
PASTOR RAMIRO PEÑA: Well, thank you Mr. President first for coming to Texas again and for supporting the Rio Grande Valley.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you
PASTOR PEÑA: I especially want to thank you for calling this what it is: a humanitarian crisis. When you use that language it really sets bells to ringing, because that is what it is. People in my…
JOSÉ DÍAZ-BALART, ANCHOR, TELEMUNDO: This speech from Trump openly attacking immigrants provoked condemnation from activists and politicians and, as if it were not enough, his son today compared immigrants to animals. Shameful.
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.
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JORGE RAMOS, SENIOR NEWS ANCHOR, UNIVISION: Democracy is not inevitable. But it needs participation- your participation. So we have to show up. America has always been a work in progress. Where it goes from here is up to all of us who call this country our home. And at the end, we might look at 2018 as a year when everything started to change.
JORGE RAMOS, SENIOR NEWS ANCHOR, UNIVISION: As an artist, is your sole duty to create art, to do musicals? Is that your only obligation, or is there a political part that your father and mother refuse to let you cast aside?
LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA: Well, my job is to follow the inspiration, but I believe that the activism that I do comes from that same place. Because the idea that won’t leave…