What deporting 15 million people would look like

For Hispanic voters, endorsing Donald Trump’s extraordinary plans for deporting millions of undocumented immigrants should present a moral dilemma. But for many, it doesn’t seem to. Although recent polls have showed Vice President Kamala Harris faring somewhat better among Latinos than President Joe Biden had been a few weeks ago, Trump’s support still hovers around 40 percent.

I have covered the country’s Latino community for nearly two decades and have seen significant shifts in Hispanic voter priorities and allegiances. There are many theories for why these swings are happening. Journalist Paola Ramos argued that some Latinos vote out of “political trauma,” weary of the left’s association with socialism. David French suggested that Democrats’ progressive agenda could be alienating Hispanic voters who hold traditional values. Many activists have pointed their finger at lackluster community outreach by the Democratic Party. All these accounts have some truth to them. There are plausible reasons for Republican strategists to be optimistic about bringing more Latinos into the party in the future.

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