I Asked Hispanics in Miami How They Feel About the Immigration Crackdown

In this episode of Rooted In, >> [music] >> I'm coming back to Miami-Dade to speak with my Cuban community about what issues are most important to them, one cafecito at a time. Voters consistently told me that their top issues are the economy and immigration. Miami now has the highest cost of living of the US's [music] most populous metropolitan areas, and ICE's Miami field office leads the country in immigration arrests, more than double any other area. I've come home to see whether the Hispanic voters who helped propel Trump's return to the White House are still standing with him and the Republican Party ahead of the midterms. One of Trump's strongest enclaves of support in Miami-Dade is Hialeah, the majority Cuban city where I grew up. And last year, Hialeah elected one of the youngest mayors in the country, Republican Brian Calvo. >> Hialeah is a place that you see a lot of candidates flock to. >> Why is that? >> We are a blue-collar town, relatively low-income, but very politically motivated because it's a big immigrant town. You have obviously most of our residents that are Cuban. They escaped communism in Cuba, and so the last thing that they want to aspire to is anything that's related to communism or the left. >> I'm curious how you're what you're hearing from constituents looking to this year's midterms. >> Uh I think independents I've seen probably have largely shifted away from the president and from what I hear a lot of has to do with immigration. You hear some of the stories. These are personal stories that are hitting, you know, communities like us.