Many politicians and media outlets imply repeatedly that President Trump is going to lose a significant number of Hispanics who voted for him in 2024 because of his aggressive campaign to apprehend and deport immigrants.
But here lies the catch. They intentionally muddle the discussion by failing to differentiate between “legal” and “illegal” immigrants. Under federal law, unauthorized entry into the U.S. is criminalized under 8 U.S.C. 1325 and 1326. No one is complaining about legal immigrants – let this be clear.
While I don’t doubt the motives for illegal immigrants to want to emigrate from their home countries because of dire economic conditions or human rights violations, it is also true that failure to monitor borders results in a quick dissolution of any country. The United States has never been the haven for the world’s illegal immigrants.
Immigration to a country is not a right nor a privilege of any immigrant group. It is up to a receiving country to spell out the legal requirements that must be met before entry can be authorized. Important issues like labor shortages in certain fields and skill sets in high demand are valid considerations.
The principal duty of the U.S. Government is to look after its own citizens. No immigrant group should impose a tax burden on the citizens of a country. And yet, according to a recent report from the American Immigration Reform (FAIR)[1] the annual cost of illegal immigration to U.S. taxpayers is $150.7 billion. When Democrats insists on making “affordability” a major campaign issue in the 2026 midterm elections, let the voters beware that it was during the Biden/Harris Administration that nearly 7.3 million illegal immigrants crossed the southwest border[2]. The Trump Administration delivered on its promises to close the Southern Border, stop illegal immigration, and aggressively implement a deportation program.
Considering that the majority of illegal immigrants are unskilled workers, they have a deleterious impact on the job opportunities available to Hispanics and Blacks with a legal status in the U.S. labor market. The famous Mexican American labor leader and co-founder of the United Farm Workers Cesar Chavez said so. Similarly, the late Democrat Congresswoman from Texas Barbara Jordan reached the same conclusion by saying that unchecked immigration lowers wages at the bottom of the labor market, strains public services, and disproportionately harms Black and low-income American workers.
Some employers prefer to hire illegal immigrants because they can pay them lower wages and offer them less generous benefits. This explains why the Bracero Program[3] – a program set up by President Roosevelt in 1942 that allowed seasonal employment for Mexican workers to work in the U.S. agricultural and railroad industries – was terminated by President Johnson in 1964 because of the adverse impact that the program had on American farmers and domestic wages. These workers came to the U.S. on short contracts and were expected to return to their home countries upon termination of the contract. While the program was ideal to fill the agricultural shortages during World War II, it served its purpose at the conclusion of the War.
Many Democrats in the U.S. Congress have flip-flopped on the issue of illegal immigration. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was against illegal immigration in 2009 and now favors it. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also opposed illegal immigration in 2005 and now welcomes it. This is the latest fad to stay popular with the radical socialists who now control the agenda of the Democrat Party in 2026. But what is good for radical-socialist politicians is not always good for legal Hispanic immigrants.
Some Hispanics who once held anti-illegal immigration views are victimized lately by today’s liberal Jacobins. Take the case of Cesar Chavez. President Clinton awarded him posthumously the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994. In 2024, President Barack Obama rolled out a proclamation designating March 31 as a federal commemorative holiday to honor his life and legacy. Candidate Obama adopted the United Farm Workers of America motto of “Si Se Puede” into his “Yes We Can” logo of his 2008 campaign. But Chavez’ views were no longer popular in 2026. Therefore, to no one’s surprise, on March 18, 2026, Dolores Huerta – who cofounded the United Farm Workers with Chavez in 1962 — at age 95 revealed that Chavez had raped her in the 1960’s. No longer a hero 64 years later but the Left is unforgiving! Chavez was transformed into an American pariah.
Former Republican President Ronald Reagan signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act in 1986. It was an amnesty law that legalized approximately 2.7 million illegal immigrants. The President thought that this would be a once in a lifetime measure that would end this challenge for future incumbents of the Oval Office. This was wishful thinking as we noticed the multiple caravans of illegal immigrants who crossed the Southern Border during the Biden Administration.
Amnesty for illegals is not the solution. Miami-Dade County Republican U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar broke with President Trump’s immigration policies by saying the following about illegal immigrants in September 2026: “I’m not talking about giving them amnesty. I’m talking about giving them a dignified life in this promised land.[4]” She is playing with words here — offering a dignified life to illegal immigrants who have broken federal law is an impossible feat to a Nation that is founded on respect for its laws.
Many critics of ICE raids against illegal immigrants argue that just like there was an exodus of Hispanic voters to Republicans in the 2024 election, there will be a opposite exodus to Democrats in 2028. What they fail to take into consideration is that according to the most recent data, Hispanics make up 50% of Border Patrol agents and 24% of ICE agents[5]. For Hispanics with a legal status, a job is a job – a means to enhance the financial status of their families. Legal Hispanic immigrants love America, respect its laws, work hard to achieve the American Dream, and agree with assimilating into its culture and traditions.
Some on the Left dispute the allegation that illegal immigrants commit more crime than native-born Americans[6]. But again, this is part of the propaganda machine that is accustomed to spinning the facts. They purposely ignore the obvious that crossing the U.S. border illegally is a crime. When you add the latter cohort to the calculations, there is no doubt that illegal immigrants have a higher crime rate that native born Americans. End of discussion.
Democrats are known for pushing unworkable and crazy policies to the rest of the population — but not to them. A case in point happened on September 14, 2022, when Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sent two plane loads with 50 primarily Venezuelan illegal immigrants to the island of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts[7]. Although Democrats voted overwhelmingly in Massachusetts in the past for immigration policies that they characterized as compassionate and welcoming, Martha’s Vineyards officials activated the National Guard and transported the 50 immigrants to military housing on the Cape Cod mainland. Their sympathy for Hispanic illegal immigrants only went so far!
The homicide rate of Hispanics is very high – in fact, it was the second cause of death for the 15-24 year cohort in 2022[8]. And the majority of homicides of females occur by intimate partner violence – which one can assume are from Hispanic males. You would think that Hispanics need to rely heavily on the police and other law enforcement personnel for their safety. But here we have to revert to the mental gymnastics that Democrats are so used to play. You’ll find that many leftist Democrats favor defund-the-police policies as a means of protecting minority communities. But look closely at the case of Representative Ayanna S. Pressley (D-Mass.) – a strong advocate of the “Defund the police” movement – who spent close to $50,000 on her own security services[9].
Members of this elitist cartel must be exposed for what they are – the enemies of legal immigrant groups.
When I became a Republican in 2014, many accused me of being an “unauthentic Hispanic.” In other words, the liberal mob expected me to embrace all their irrational policies regarding Hispanics. My individual views did not count. They wanted me to discard them in their entirety and replace them with a total allegiance to the collective.
Of course, I refused to abide by this insanity as I believed that those who advocated for those policies were the real “unauthentic Hispanics!”
[1] https://www.fairus.org/new-fair-report-annual-costs-illegal-immigration-soars-1507-billion-year
[2] https://nypost.com/2024/02/21/us-news/7-2m-illegals-entered-the-us-under-biden-admin-an-amount-greater-than-population-of-36-states/
[3] https://fedlaws.org/how-the-bracero-program-worked-and-why-it-ended/
[4] https://dailycaller.com/2026/09/17/maria-elvira-salazar-immigration-deportation-trump-ad-dignidad-act/
[5] https://www.parriva.com/latinos-make-up-more-than-50-of-border-patrol-agents-and-24-of-ice-agents-for-latino-agents-its-about-the-money/
[6] https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2021/08/03/no-undocumented-immigrants-dont-commit-more-crime-research-shows-they-commit-a-lot-less/
[7] https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obama-marthas-vineyard-celebs-silent-opening-up-island-homes-illegal-immigrants?msockid=3810939777756fa22fb6847176dd6e71
[8] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11655122/
[9] https://nypost.com/2022/03/08/squad-rep-ayanna-pressley-spent-50k-on-security-in-2021/
