politics

I agree to an extent. I think many times, as humans are wont to do, they self-select themselves into different communities. Most of the South Americans I've met here are rabidly Mormon and will cluster together, avoiding non-Mormon latino communities.

There's definitely a generational difference where I live among the Mexicans.

The over 40 ones are mostly conservative and wear pro-gun paraphernalia and have Trump stickers, and also speak little to no English. Which is sad because Trump and his kind would deport them or put them into labor camps without hesitation.

The younger ones, some of whom are recent immigrants themselves, pretty much all lean towards the left. Especially the women. Most of the latinas under 40 I work with would probably punch a man who told them they should be making babies and sandwiches.

I am definitely not Latino but because I speak Spanish (Mexico) and Portuguese (Brazil), I get to participate in conversations and make friends with more of my coworkers.

trump's latino support increased when you compare the exist polls from 2016 to the exit polls in 2020 mostly thanks to evangelical/mormon/born-again-christian chicanos & tejanos and cuban gusanos.

it wasn't enough to win the election and biden still enjoyed overwhelming majority support from all latinos combined and; if the course hadn't changed with kamala's entry; it might have been enough this time around to let trump win if combined w trump's narrow leads in all of the battleground states.

i'm glad biden dropped out and that let kamala regain some of this ground.

Pulling the ladder up behind them is very conservative/boomerish indeed :/

Some do, especially when you're including the grandkids of wealthy Cubans who have never set foot outside the US.

But when the actions are the same, the tone matters less.

By matching trump on border policy, it lets a significant amount feel that they can support trump because "both parties are the same" on that topic.

It doesn't mean a gain for Democrats, just more people that don't feel obligated to stop trump.

It validates republican nonsense, and makes voters think maybe they were right about other stuff too. Just a massive fumble anyway you look at it.

I mean, giving the president that power would have almost guaranteed Republicans always used it, so when a Dem would get office, they'd all try to cross then. Giving Republicans ammunition for the next election and making it more likely even Dems shut the border down.

But Biden thought short term it would help him.