04/10/2013
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"the American tradition is that immigrants move up the ladder, as they have for many hundreds of years, and it's our job to make sure that that happens."
"The rate of children living in poverty this year will climb to nearly 22 percent, the highest rate in two decades."
"The economy will turn. Those children who fall into the rabbit hole of poverty right now will not recover."
"I think it's an international disgrace, that we have the highest rate of childhood poverty in the industrialized world."