Trump wooed Latino voters, but his ICE tactics sent them back to the polls: ‘They’re taking our neighbors’

Texas business owner says he expected ICE raids to focus on those with criminal records not his relatives and employees

Tuesday night’s explosive rout of the Republican party was supercharged by the fury of Hispanic Americans who turned out in record numbers in key battlegrounds to protest the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant assault on their communities.

“Trump went against us,” said Benny Melendez from Weslaco, Texas. “He made us the target of ICE operations, so we decided to punish him by voting against his party. That’s what happened.”