VOA常速英语听力2012年11月合辑（文本）：US-IMMIGRANTS-WANT-OBAMA-TO-ADDRESS-ECONOMY-IMMIGRATION.doc

1、Los Angeles has one of the largest and most diverse immigrant populations in the United States. People from Latin American and countries throughout Asia live in this melting pot. A visit though immigrant neighborhoods in the city on Wednesday helped to provide a gauge of peoples reactions to Preside

2、nt Barack Obama re-election.It might seem like another work day in Los Angeles, with people waiting for the bus and drivers stuck in traffic. But the future seems a little brighter, said Justin DeToro, an immigrant and student from the Philippines.“Tuitions are going up, so Im really worried about w

3、hat my future is. But Obama being president gives me higher hope,” he said.DeToro, like many immigrants in Los Angeles, is undocumented. They cannot receive federal financial aid for school and cannot work here legally. Many support the president and hope he will reform U.S. immigration policy durin

4、g his second term in office.Sarah Martinez said she has high expectations for the president.“That he accomplishes the Dream Act immigration reform legislation so all the students that are immigrants can actually have their own papers now. The economy first of all. I think, that he needs to fix the e

5、conomy,” said Martinez.Korean American Judy Kang agrees.“I know that its going to be hard, but hopefully the president can do this. I know that its going to be hard,” said Kang.Chinese American Peter Wang voted for Obamas challenger, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.Wang said he was thinkin

6、g of a change after four years - to have a new president lead the United States. But Wang said he is not too disappointed his candidate lost. He said he can see a benefit to Obama being president because he is the first African American president. Wang said the world can see the United States truly is a democratic country, blacks as well as whites can be president, as long as they have the support of the people.