In a fiery debate on CNN Monday, former Trump campaign official Giancarlo Sopo and commentator Maria Cardona clashed over the historic number of Latino voters who supported President-elect Donald Trump in the recent election.
Despite Trump’s gains with Hispanic voters, Cardona warned that his plan to enact mass deportations on illegal immigrants will lead to “cruelty” and family separation, which she suggested will lead to division and backlash among Latinos. Sopo argued that immigration is a top issue for Hispanic voters and that strong border policies are necessary for the safety and prosperity of the United States.
“Immigration was cited as one of the top 5 issues for Hispanics for voting against Kamala Harris,” Sopo stated. “I actually do not anticipate any kind of major backlash to any kind of border enforcement.”
But Cardona pushed back, saying, “You know so much better than what you are spouting right now.” She warned that Trump’s plan to deport millions of illegal immigrants will lead to pain and cruelty within the Hispanic community, and will even impact everyday American citizens.
“If the incoming Trump administration goes through with this, here’s the people they’re gonna go after,” she said, listing off examples such as “your kids’ classmates, the delivery guy, the person who takes care of your kids, the people who work in restaurants, and the business owners in your community.”
Sopo argued that the American voters did not vote for a potentially multi-billion dollar cost to deport illegal immigrants, and that elites in Washington, D.C. should not speak on behalf of the Hispanic community.
“The Hispanic community is sick and tired of D.C. elites pulling on our heartstrings,” he stated. “We’re telling people loud and clear, you do not speak on our behalf. We are worried about prosperity.”
Surveys have shown that an increasing number of Hispanic Americans, particularly Latino men, supported Trump’s mass deportation plan and trusted him over the Democrats to handle the illegal immigration crisis. Trump’s unprecedented win in Starr County, Texas – a predominantly Hispanic border county – further solidifies his support among this demographic.
Hispanics value safety and prosperity for both their community and the country as a whole. As more and more Hispanics support Trump’s policies, it is time for Democrats and the media to listen and address the concerns of this important voter bloc.
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Cardona’s rhetoric isn’t surprising. The MSM machine has made its empire by fear-mongering but it was worth watching her get schooled by Sopo.
Then they shouldn’t have come here illegally!!!! The people who hired the illegals should also be charged with a crime!!!!!
ALSO, the cost of deporting them is cheaper than paying for 10+ million illegals to live here every single year!
Filibustering is all they have to keep sane people from being heard. Good on the moderator for finally letting the other side speak. When they start with, “You know better…” as if they know what the other side feels and thinks, they’ve gone too far.
Tom Homan correctly just pointed out that there will be no cruelty with family separation breakups, because the entire entact families will be deported together!
Typical speculations
Tom Herman has already stated. They have the list and will find them
First to go are thieves, murderers, rapist and terrorist
Harris /Biden let them all in !
I have no problem with immigration the legal way,
If you came into this country illegally ,you committed a crime
Let’s be clear the people voting should be citizens and they don’t want people dropped in their community either. The average person won’t care about deportations regardless of how horrible the leftist news makes it. Remember the guy whipping a border crosser, the fact that it never happened and the media made it completely up. Most won’t believe the crap coming from the news unless you’re a liberal. The news has lost all credibility. The public has become numb to them and it’s their own doing.
Not to mention they shouldn’t have broken the laws choosing to enter illegally when there’s an option to arrive legally. People are tired of the lawlessness of our current leaders whether it’s immigration or thieves in liberal cities not going to jail. Have you thought maybe legal immigrants don’t like lawlessness either, lots have escaped countries where laws were just things used by corrupt police and politicians used to control people.
Generational Latinos, those whose families have been here for several GENERATIONS are affected by illegal aliens just as much as Blacks are affected, Whites, Asians etc.