It’s a brief message poured with things we may already know about him and things that many of us support him for - health care, education, immigration. Barack Obama issued a statement to the Filipino community on October 1st as we celebrate the Filipino American History Month.

As President, I will work to ensure that you have access to affordable, accessible healthcare that will also reduce the language and cultural barriers that limit access to our medical system. We will make sure the economy works for you by fixing our financial system, rebuilding public education, and making sure that schools have the resources they need to educate all of our children regardless of the languages they speak or their family’s income. And we will provide a path to employment by creating a $4000 annual college tax credit, a new Community College Partnership Program and new training opportunities for workers, and helping minority owned small businesses.

Many Filipino families rely on family reunification policies to help them build better lives in the United States. However, AAPI [Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders] families have some of the longest immigration backlogs. That’s why I’ve fought to improve and pass a comprehensive immigration bill. I introduced amendments to put great emphasis in keeping immigrant families together and to revisit a controversial new points system that would dramatically alter U.S. immigration policy.

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