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Antonio Villaraigosa: “No. First of all, he took responsibility, he said look, I made a promise, I didn't realize that the Republicans would…”

On the recordSeptember 19, 2012
No. First of all, he took responsibility, he said look, I made a promise, I didn't realize that the Republicans would walk away from the bipartisan deal that you need to address something of this magnitude. He's certainly not running away from what he said, but I think the vast majority of Latinos in the last poll I saw, it's something like 68 percent of them support the president, because they know he supports comprehensive immigration reform, and Mr. Romney supports the self-deportation of 11 million people.
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Antonio Villaraigosa

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Villaraigosa defends President Obama against criticism from Latino voters regarding immigration reform, highlighting the president's support for comprehensive immigration reform.

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