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Benny Melendez
Coverage of Benny Melendez in the Nexus archive.
- Texas Hispanics swung hard to Trump. A new poll shows they’re furious at his deportations.
Texas Hispanics who previously supported Trump are shifting toward Democrats due to immigration enforcement impacts on businesses. A new poll shows one in five Hispanic business owners in Texas experienced employee deportations, with seven in ten citing economic harm from Trump’s policies. Democrat James Talarico leads Republican Ken Paxton among Hispanic voters in the U.S. Senate race.