07-21-2015, 07:30 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CDSmith
Quick show of hands, how many here don't understand the difference between Latino voters (US citizens) and the "Mexicans/illegal immigrants" trump referred to (non-US citizens all)?
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The thing is, "Latino voters" do not fit into an easily definable issues based category. First you have the old school Latinos 50+ year olds who are mostly socially conservative, and often not very sympathetic to illegal aliens. Even Ceasar Chavez and his National Farm Workers Association movement actively fought against illegal immigration, claiming illegal aliens took jobs from US citizen Latino workers in the farm fields.
Then you have the younger generation who are much more liberal, and often radical (MECHA, La Raza, open borders etc).
Then you also have Puerto Ricans who generally do not socially identify with the Latinos of the South West US since all of them are already US Citizens.
And then overall, there is generally a "familia" tone within Latino communities...they will bicker/disagree amongst themselves, but do not look favorably upon non-Latinos who criticize Latinos...illegal alien or ot.
So it is pretty difficult to pigeon hole the Latino vote into one category. |
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