No. of Recommendations: 2
Also, living in AZ, I can tell you that Latino folks are not fond of all the attempts to "seal the border". In fact, many (most?) didn't like this bill. You do know that the Hispanic Caucus was completely excluded from the negotiations, yes? Because they weren't going to like giving up anything.SNIP
"Hispanics go hard Democrat there all the time. But they saw me as a regular person, and when we got talking, a lot of people told me things aren't going well," the 49-year-old said in an interview from her home city of Yuma.
The predominant concerns for many voters were high food and gas prices, job prospects and the quality of schools rather than issues around minority rights, she added.
Pena's surprise win underscores how a growing number of Hispanic voters are switching their allegiance to Trump and Republican candidates in Arizona and other election battleground states, according to interviews with five Republican and Democratic analysts.”
https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/phil...