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   So, with the government shut down over the border wall funding,   
   we’re back to immigration, specifically one side trying to   
   secure our border and curb illegal immigration while the other   
   doesn’t care about either. President Trump promised a border   
   wall during the 2016 election. He needs to deliver on that   
   promise. Democrats, fresh of their 40-seat gain the House,   
   aren’t willing to play ball. They retook the lower chamber,   
   Nancy Pelosi, to our horror, is speaker again, and they want to   
   fight Trump. Stop him on every initiative.   
      
   “Resist” has taken over part of the government. Trump is   
   supposedly anti-immigrant, a racist, and pushing a white   
   nationalist agenda. It’s all nonsense, but you’d think that it   
   would put a dent in Trump’s numbers with Hispanic voters. Nope.   
   Circling back to a poll released at the very end of December,   
   the one-third of Latino voters who backed Republicans in 2018   
   are still sticking with the party and President Trump (via AP):   
      
   Though Latino voters are a key part of the Democratic coalition,   
   there is a larger bloc of reliable Republican Latinos than many   
   think. And the GOP’s position among Latinos has not weakened   
   during the Trump administration, despite the president’s   
   rhetoric against immigrants and the party’s shift to the right   
   on immigration.   
      
   In November’s elections, 32 percent of Latinos voted for   
   Republicans, according to AP VoteCast data. The survey of more   
   than 115,000 midterm voters — including 7,738 Latino voters —   
   was conducted for The Associated Press by NORC at the University   
   of Chicago.   
      
   Other surveys also found roughly one-third of Latinos supporting   
   the GOP. Data from the Pew Research Center and from exit polls   
   suggests that a comparable share of about 3 in 10 Latino voters   
   supported Trump in 2016. That tracks the share of Latinos   
   supporting Republicans for the last decade   
      
   The stability of Republicans’ share of the Latino vote   
   frustrates Democrats, who say actions like Trump’s family   
   separation policy and his demonization of an immigrant caravan   
   should drive Latinos out of the GOP.   
      
   In the meantime, the Democratic Party is still focused on   
   scoring political points than re-opening the government. The   
   president is trying to get his border security agenda through.   
   It’s not controversial. It’s not immoral. It’s the right thing   
   to do. Build that wall.   
      
   https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/01/15/with-border-   
   wall-talk-swirling-youd-think-this-demographic-would-dump-trump-   
   they-havent-n2539049   
        
      
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