In an article in the Houston Chronicle, the following point caught my attention:
Surprisingly, the UH/TSU poll showed 47% of Latino Texans intend to vote for Trump compared to 46% for Harris. This is an extraordinary finding, considering Democrats’ historic strength among Hispanics and Trump’s promise to deport undocumented immigrants.
Way too many Latinos are under the delusion that mass deportation by Trump could not happen as they would run into legal problems. Do they not think the present Supreme Court would not give them carte blanche to do so?
Mass expulsions would be illegal even under a nationwide rollout of “expedited removal,” a process expanded during the Trump administration which limits immigrants’ right to see a judge before being kicked out. It cannot be applied to immigrants who have been in the United States longer than two years. But some 9 million of the 11 million have been in this country since before 2010.
The only thing that could stop the mass deportations would be businesses complaining about the removal of workers that they need. An example below;
In general, though, employers have not appreciated deportation waves, such as those carried out during the George W. Bush and Obama administrations. One notorious raid seeking undocumented workers in the Vidalia onion fields of Georgia in 1998 sparked a furious letter-writing campaign from farmers to members of Congress. Sen. Paul Coverdell (R-Ga.) quickly complained to the Immigration and Naturalization Service about the “indiscriminate and inappropriate use of extreme enforcement tactics.” If nothing else deters Trump, I’m betting an angry letter from his business friends will.
Many of our young men and some women believe in service to our country and proving how tough one is, thus the reason that about 25% of Hispanics choose to join the Marines. About 20% join the military. That is a higher percentage of young men and women eligible to join.
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Latino make up about 19% of the population in the United States, that 9% includes those legal and undocumented. Latinos’ machismo is alive and well, and frankly, the Democratic Party does not create the image of people that are considered very manly. Want to appeal to Latinos? Have messengers that Latinos would consider macho. Sorry, but that young influencer who spoke at the Democratic Convention fails in that category.
I chose to examine the people enlisting in the military because they are either citizens or permanent residents.
Democrats need to focus on fighting for the people trying to get in and start thinking about those already here who can vote.
Jobs – The Democrats did a good job of focusing on jobs during the convention; now, they need to keep talking about jobs.
Country – Latinos tend to feel proud of our country, and we should never allow the Republicans to claim otherwise.
Service—Plenty of Latinos/Latinas can deliver a message of service; Ruben Gallegos is one such person.
Immigration is not on top of the list of probably the majority of Latinos who vote or who could be convinced to vote. If the children of parents who are here illegally cannot convince themselves to vote to help their parents, how much harder is it to persuade others who do not have a stake in immigration?