Fact check: Is Latino youth really 36% unemloyed, per Bernie Sanders?

*Aside from this Bernie Sanders mention and a quick discussion about immigration, Latinos were scarcely mentioned directly in last night’s Democratic presidential debate. VL

By Louis Jacobson, Politifact

During his opening statement at the first Democratic presidential debate, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders turned to some statistics he’s used before on the stump, decrying high rates of joblessness among young African-Americans.

“African-American youth unemployment is 51 percent,” Sanders said at the Oct. 13, 2015, debate in Las Vegas. “Hispanic youth unemployment is 36 percent.”

That’s similar — but not identical — to a claim we checked in July. Back then, he said that for African-Americans between the ages of 17 and 20, “the real unemployment rate … is 51 percent.” We rated that Mostly True. However, since the claim was phrased somewhat differently, we’ll take a fresh look at it here.

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