Going against the narrative.

Quote:Raul Rodriguez, 74, Apple Valley, California

I always carry a bullhorn with me to rallies and campaign events. Into it I shout: “America, wake up!” Americans have been asleep for way too long. We need to realise that the future of our country is at stake.

If we don’t elect Donald Trump, we’ll get another four years of Barack Obama and frankly, I don’t know what would happen to this wonderful country of ours. Obama has already done so much to destroy our way of life and Hillary Clinton is promising to carry on where he left off. Like Obama, she wants to change our fundamental values – the ones people like my father fought to defend.
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My father was born in Durango, Mexico. When he came to the US he joined the military and served as a medic during the second world war. He was a very proud American – he truly loved this country. I think I got my sense of patriotism from him.

Obama and Hillary Clinton want to have open borders. They let illegal immigrants cross our borders and now they want to accept thousands of Syrians. We don’t know who these people are. If they want to come to this country, they have to do it the right way, like my father did it.[…]

Ximena Barreto, 31, San Diego, California

I was in primary school in my native Colombia when my father was murdered. I was six – just one year older than my daughter is now. My father was an officer in the Colombian army at a time when wearing a uniform made you a target for narcoterrorists, Farc fighters and guerrilla groups.

What I remember clearly from those early years is the bombing and the terror. I was so afraid, especially after my dad died. At night, I would curl up in my mother’s bed while she held me close. She could not promise me that everything was going to be all right, because it wasn’t true. I don’t want my daughter to grow up like that.

But when I turn on my TV, I see terrorist attacks in San Bernardino and in Orlando. There are dangerous people coming across our borders. Trump was right. Some are rapists and criminals, but some are good people, too. But how do we know who is who, when you come here illegally?

I moved to the US in 2006 on a work permit. It took nearly five years and thousands of dollars to become a US citizen. I know the process is not perfect, but it’s the law. Why would I want illegals coming in when I had to go through this? It’s not fair that they’re allowed to jump the line and take advantage of so many benefits, ones that I pay for with my tax dollars.

People assume that because I’m a woman, I should vote for the woman; or that because I’m Latina, I should vote for the Democrat. The Democrats have been pandering to minorities and women for the last 50 years. They treat Latinos as if we’re all one big group. I’m Colombian – I don’t like Mariachi music. Donald Trump is not just saying what he thinks people want to hear, he’s saying what they’re afraid to say. I believe that he’s the only candidate who can make America strong and safe again.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016...=edit_2221

These must be the new guys because the old Hispanic Trump supporters jumped ship after his immigration announcement.

(09-12-2016 11:01 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  These must be the new guys because the old Hispanic Trump supporters jumped ship after his immigration announcement.

Only the Central American ones with Family still trying to cross the border someday soon before it gets shutdown. Many Cuban Americans Love Trump and the tightened borders. Many South Americans have no beef with Trump. Should have worked out a plan decades ago to pay taxes and not undercut American wage workers out of work by coming in unannounced in the night.Hispanic workers do great work, but at the expense of the American economy when Millions of dollars go back home South of the Border instead of Them spending it over here Like the American workers do. We are in serious debt from Foriegn countries and need the money to be used here to help bring down the Debt by paying taxes on earned income and Buying American made products. It's called Survival. Sorry but American interests come first to American Workers and Taxpayers. That protects American Hispanic folks too as They also don't want to lose out to Cheap labor undercutting Them.

(09-12-2016 11:01 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  These must be the new guys because the old Hispanic Trump supporters jumped ship after his immigration announcement.

I am actually still here...

God bless Ximena Barreto, she did it the right way. Can't imagine that Colombian hell hole she grew up in. Certainly better now though.
Ditto for Raul's father also.