Democratic presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders, appeared in a meeting with Latino officials last week and his speech was mostly targeted toward support for immigration reform.
Sander's comments came at the conference on the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, where he vowed that if he wins the White House, he would push for reform and do more than Obama has done for deportation relief.
"It is time to end the politics of division in this country, of politicians playing one group of people against another group, whether it is white against black, male against female, straight against gay or native born against immigrant, that division has got to end," he said in his statement.
He also expressed that he believed it was not acceptable for there to be millions who reside in the country illegally but who are doing their best to work hard and contribute to society, and he said "that has got to end."
At the conference, it was noted that Sanders was supportive of the reform bill, which cleared the Senate in 2013, and the Dream Act, which aimed to grant legal status to undocumented people who arrived in the U.S. as children.
Sanders also said it is one of his core goals to make sure that workers will not be taken advantage of by bosses who think that their illegal status will stop them from voicing out concerns.
