English subtitles for clip: File:2013-05-04 President Obama's Weekly Address.ogv

1
00:00:05,900 --> 00:00:07,400
The President:
Hi, everybody.

2
00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:09,533
Today, I'm speaking to
you from the road --

3
00:00:09,533 --> 00:00:12,133
a trip to Mexico and Costa Rica.

4
00:00:12,133 --> 00:00:14,767
I'm here because Latin America
represents an incredible

5
00:00:14,767 --> 00:00:16,700
opportunity for
the United States,

6
00:00:16,700 --> 00:00:19,633
especially when it comes to
my top priority as President,

7
00:00:19,633 --> 00:00:22,599
which is creating good,
middle-class jobs.

8
00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:25,367
On Friday, we learned that our
businesses created another

9
00:00:25,367 --> 00:00:28,700
176,000 jobs last month.

10
00:00:28,700 --> 00:00:32,132
And that's 2.2 million new
jobs over the past year,

11
00:00:32,133 --> 00:00:36,266
and 6.8 million new jobs
over the past 38 months.

12
00:00:36,266 --> 00:00:39,667
But as I've said before, I won't
be satisfied until everyone who

13
00:00:39,667 --> 00:00:41,533
wants a job can find one.

14
00:00:41,533 --> 00:00:44,066
So I'm going to keep doing
everything I can and go

15
00:00:44,066 --> 00:00:48,300
everywhere I need to go to help
our businesses create jobs.

16
00:00:48,300 --> 00:00:50,467
Now, one of the best ways to
grow our economy is to sell more

17
00:00:50,467 --> 00:00:52,734
goods and services made
in America to the rest

18
00:00:52,734 --> 00:00:53,967
of the world.

19
00:00:53,967 --> 00:00:56,632
And that includes our
neighbors to the south.

20
00:00:56,633 --> 00:01:00,567
Right now, over 40% of our
exports go to the Americas.

21
00:01:00,567 --> 00:01:03,433
And those exports are growing
faster than our trade with the

22
00:01:03,433 --> 00:01:04,800
rest of the world.

23
00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:07,166
That's why I visited Latin
America this week --

24
00:01:07,166 --> 00:01:10,600
to work with leaders to deepen
our economic ties and expand

25
00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:12,899
trade between our nations.

26
00:01:12,900 --> 00:01:15,500
In Mexico, I also talked
about immigration reform,

27
00:01:15,500 --> 00:01:17,700
because that's an important
issue that affects both

28
00:01:17,700 --> 00:01:19,066
our countries.

29
00:01:19,066 --> 00:01:21,200
The truth is, right now, our
border with Mexico is more

30
00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:23,100
secure than it's been in years.

31
00:01:23,100 --> 00:01:26,166
We've put more boots on that
border than at any time in our

32
00:01:26,166 --> 00:01:30,033
history, and illegal crossings
are down by nearly 80% from

33
00:01:30,033 --> 00:01:31,734
their peak in 2000.

34
00:01:31,734 --> 00:01:34,800
But we've got more to do -- not
just to secure the border but to

35
00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:38,467
fix an immigration system
that is badly broken.

36
00:01:38,467 --> 00:01:41,100
In recent weeks, we've seen a
commonsense immigration reform

37
00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:43,399
bill introduced in the Senate.

38
00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,467
This bill is a compromise, which
means that nobody got everything

39
00:01:46,467 --> 00:01:48,433
they wanted -- including me.

40
00:01:48,433 --> 00:01:50,967
But it's largely consistent with
the principles I've laid out

41
00:01:50,967 --> 00:01:52,467
from the beginning.

42
00:01:52,467 --> 00:01:55,367
It would continue to strengthen
security at our borders and hold

43
00:01:55,367 --> 00:01:57,834
employers more accountable
if they knowingly hire

44
00:01:57,834 --> 00:01:59,600
undocumented workers.

45
00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:02,866
It would provide a pathway to
earned citizenship for the 11

46
00:02:02,867 --> 00:02:04,934
million individuals who
are already in this

47
00:02:04,934 --> 00:02:06,667
country illegally.

48
00:02:06,667 --> 00:02:09,366
And it would modernize our legal
immigration system so that we're

49
00:02:09,366 --> 00:02:12,333
able to reunite families and
attract the highly-skilled

50
00:02:12,333 --> 00:02:15,433
entrepreneurs and engineers who
will help create good paying

51
00:02:15,433 --> 00:02:17,834
jobs and grow our economy.

52
00:02:17,834 --> 00:02:20,166
These are all commonsense
steps that the majority of

53
00:02:20,166 --> 00:02:21,633
Americans support.

54
00:02:21,633 --> 00:02:24,033
So there's no reason that
immigration reform can't become

55
00:02:24,033 --> 00:02:26,466
a reality this year.

56
00:02:26,467 --> 00:02:28,800
In the meantime, I'll keep
working with our neighbors on

57
00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:32,400
our common security and
our common prosperity.

58
00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,533
Millions of Americans earn a
living right now because of the

59
00:02:35,533 --> 00:02:37,399
trade between our nations.

60
00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:40,266
And after this week, I'm as
confident as ever that we can

61
00:02:40,266 --> 00:02:44,500
build on our shared heritage and
values to open more markets for

62
00:02:44,500 --> 00:02:48,667
American businesses and create
more jobs for American workers.

63
00:02:48,667 --> 00:02:50,667
Thanks and have a great weekend.