On the US border in Texas, Trump deportation drive galvanises midterm vote
Summary
Residents and organizers in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley say President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign and changing immigration rules are affecting families and shaping discussion ahead of the November 3 midterm election. The region’s political views remain mixed, with some residents criticizing enforcement and others welcoming fewer asylum seekers waiting in the United States.Key Facts
- A Day of the Dead vigil in Brownsville honored people who died during immigration enforcement and detention.
- Community organizer Mark Anthony Vasquez said residents feel immigration detentions and raids lack due process.
- Juliana Garcia said her aunt was deported after a Department of Homeland Security hearing, where she learned she had missed an immigration court date and signed a voluntary deportation form.
- The Rio Grande Valley has about 1.5 million residents, and views on immigration policy vary across the region.
- Donald Trump won Hidalgo County by three percentage points in 2024 after Joe Biden won it by 17 points in 2020.
- Trump won neighboring Cameron County by about five percentage points in 2024, after losing it by 13 points in 2020.
- Brownsville resident Jose Arizpe described the two years since Trump took office as a positive change, citing fewer asylum seekers waiting in the United States for their cases to be processed.
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