Texas Hispanics Turn on Trump as 70% Oppose Worksite Immigration Raids
Updated
Updated · POLITICO · Jul 12
Texas Hispanics Turn on Trump as 70% Oppose Worksite Immigration Raids
2 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Jul 12
Summary
South Texas business owners and Hispanic voters who swung to Trump in 2024 are now recoiling from stepped-up interior enforcement, with a new USHBC poll finding 70% view workplace raids negatively.
Construction executives say immigration officers again began rounding up workers at job sites last month and stopping vehicles carrying ladders and other equipment after enforcement had eased for several months.
That shift threatens Republicans in the same border districts Trump flipped last year, when he won 14 of 18 border counties, including 90%-Latino Starr County.
James Talarico is trying to capitalize on the backlash by telling Hispanic voters they were "conned" and tying failed immigration policy to pressure on small businesses and family finances.