South Texas politics

Home Builders Warn GOP South Texas Could Turn Blue Due to Immigration Raids

The idea that South Texas might never turn Republican again is a stark warning that’s resonating, particularly from an unlikely source: home builders. It seems the very industries that benefited from and perhaps quietly supported anti-immigrant policies are now finding themselves on the receiving end, and they’re telling the GOP, especially under a Trump-led agenda, that this could have serious electoral consequences in a region with a significant Latino population.

This sentiment highlights a profound disconnect. The argument is that if you were relying on immigrant labor for your business, as many in the construction industry have been, then rallying behind policies that target and deport these very individuals is a self-defeating strategy.… Continue reading