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Barack at La Raza: "Our Seperate Struggles Are Really One"

By Alexandra MacCallum - Jul 23rd, 2007 at 12:31 pm EDT

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Yesterday, Barack spoke to the National Council of La Raza, the nation's largest Hispanic civil rights group.

Quoting from a telegram Cesar Chavez sent to the Rev. Martin Luther King in 1968, Barack said "I'll be the President who remembers our separate struggles are really one for freedom, dignity and humanity."

The Daily News reported that though the convention speakers stressed similar themes, "it was [Obama] whose passion and energy impressed many here."

"There's an inspiring aura about him. I think he really cares for people in the country," said David Vera, a conference attendee.

Barack also spoke about immigration. He said that when people are insecure economically, they begin to obsess about undoing the economic opportunities of other people.

Last year, Barack marched last year with Hispanic protesters against a stringent immigration bill, he reminded the group.

"We are a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants. The two things are compatible," he said.

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