Local immigrants share mixed views on another Trump presidency

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

74% : According to NBC exit polls, the results that spelled a decisive victory for Trump also revealed a significant shift among Hispanic voters -- there was a 13-percentage-point increase this year in those who voted for Trump compared with 2020.
62% : "A better education system, more support in public schools.
59% : "Isaac Erives, 25, said he didn't vote for Trump but believes the president-elect "seems out to do some good things for America -- and with other things, he just talks [expletive] to get people on his side.
50% : Trump distanced himself from the document during the election, but after the recent Republican victories, including a Senate majority and possible House majority, conservatives have brought it back into focus.
46% : Project 2025 seeks to finish a job Trump started in 2020 -- a proposal to terminate the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and the legal status it provides for more than half a million people -- an effort that was shot down in a 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2020.
44% : "Customer Rosa Martinez, 54, had a word of caution: "He's going to take away the school meals," she said of Trump.
38% : Maria Santos, director of operations for the local Santa Fe Dreamers Project and a client of the nonprofit who is currently renewing her DACA status, offered an explanation for the shift in Hispanics' views toward Trump, even in the face of such threats.
35% : "[Trump] isn't in favor of Latinos," said Ruth Ortiz, 49.
23% : Trump has promised the "largest deportation effort in American history.
21% : But now Trump wants to kick them all out, and you can't do that.

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