Cada Tarde host blames Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller for “disillusioning” Latino voters with the GOP
Agustin Acosta: "Some people are outraged that they were promised criminals, yet many of those taken into custody were hardworking people who were not criminals. ... If we don’t win back that vote, it's over.”
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From the March 31, 2026, edition of Actualidad Radio's Cada Tarde
WILLIE LORA [POLITICAL ANALYST]: So, that’s the problem, they’re not doing concrete, strategic work directly for the American people. I mean, these are the consequences, and this party [The Democrats] has the country on edge regarding national security because they want immigrants not to be deported so they can be counted in the census. I mean, that’s what’s behind all of this. So they are not doing their job. And I think that if they don’t get their act together, they’re going to pay the price, but the Republican Party’s spokespeople, which are the members of Congress and the White House itself, need to work more closely together to deliver that consistent message, not just in English, obviously in Spanish as well, to the community.
AGUSTIN ACOSTA [HOST]: To the Hispanic community, which took so much effort to convince that the Republican Party was better for them than the Democratic Party, because during the Reagan, Clinton, and Bush eras, the Hispanic community was one that, for the most part, voted year after year for the Democratic Party. For some time now, the Republican Party has made great strides and won over a large part of that electorate.
But now, with this situation involving Ms. Noem and Mr. Miller, both of whom are equally to blame, many people have become disillusioned. Some because they have seen it firsthand, others because they have family members or loved ones affected by the issue, and still others simply because they’ve witnessed what happened. Some people are outraged that they were promised criminals, yet many of those taken into custody were hardworking people who were not criminals. So, we have to work on how to win back that vote, because if we don’t win back that vote, it’s over. There’s nothing we can do.