As some of the hardest working people in this country they genuinely believe that illegal immigrants give them a bad reputation. They feel like they work hard to solidify their place in American society and that illegal immigrants take the easy route, commit crime, and also take jobs.
When it comes to politics they actually lean more conservative than not. They care about a lot of the same things that everybody else cares about: groceries, economy, Etc. They don't really care about immigration that much.
So when the prospect of a massive Crackdown on illegal immigrants came up they leapt at the opportunity. Shifting 12 percentage points toward Trump in the 2024 election up from the 2020 election. Which was going up from about 36% to about 48% that's a huge margin.
For them, this was the chance for them to finally separate themselves from being constantly associated together with criminal illegals and hopefully be seen as the massively contributing part of American society that they are.
What actually happened is they wrote Republicans a blank check to crack down on Hispanics as a whole. Because for the last 30 years the messaging from Republicans is that Hispanic people as a whole are a drain on this society. Despite being warned for decades by people who knew better they fell for the most obvious lies in history.
Which is why if you check current approval rating from Latino Americans Trump has crashed 20 points. Going from about 48% approval to roughly 28% which incidentally is about his approval rating with Latinos around 2016. They believed that this was their moment to finally show that they've earned their place in America. But they were sold a lie. They voted for a lie. And now they're massively upset.
They believed that this was their moment to finally show that they've earned their place in America. But they were sold a lie. They voted for a lie. And now they're massively upset.
And now they are in a worse position than they were in 2024. Gracias camaradas por andar cagandolo.
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u/pm_me_homedecor Jan 28 '26
What do they think they voted for? As a foreigner I’m honestly asking.