Bernie Sanders: "It is time to end the politics of division in this country" [View all]

LAS VEGAS -- The second Democratic candidate to go before a gathering of Latino officials this week, presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders dedicated much of his speech to immigration reform saying it's time for the country to stop playing the native born against immigrants.

... on Friday, the last day of the National Assoociation of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials conference, he was bullish on where he stands.

Sanders said too often undocumented workers who cook meals and care for American children are reviled and shunted to the shadows, a situation he called disgraceful.

"It is time to end the politics of division in this country, of politicians playing one group of people against another group, whether it is white against black, male against female, straight against gay or native born against immigrant, that division has got to end," he said.

He also said he opposes tying immigration reform to the building of a border fence and called for a path to citizenship for those here illegally.

"It is not acceptable to me and a growing majority of the American people that millions of people in this country are working extremely hard but they are living in the shadows, and that has got to end," Sanders said.


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