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Hispanics love Trump, said Donald Trump in 2024.
It was not just empty boasting.
He won 48% of the Latino vote that year, more than any previous Republican presidential candidate.
Like many others, Hispanics were feeling squeezed by inflation and largely blamed it on President Joe Biden.
Many chafed at disorder on the border where, for a while,
a wide-open asylum system had attracted an influx of people from poorer countries.
Mr. Trump promised to cut the cost of living and kick out migrants who had committed crimes.
Lots of Latinos took him at his word and now feel buyer's remorse.
Far from taming prices, Mr. Trump is driving them higher with tariffs and a war of choice in Iran.
And far from concentrating on deporting rapists and gangsters, his agents have been rounding up grannies and gardeners.
Techs and builders are struggling to build houses because Latino bricklayers and electricians are frightened to come to work.
Federal agents are barging into private property without judicial warrants.
Hispanics feel besieged by swaggering men in masks.
Small wonder Mr. Trump's approval rating among them has collapsed to 22%.
That will make it harder for Republicans to hold on to Congress at the midterm elections in November.