Latino immigrants provide crucial labor but face a backlash in the U.S. Heartland; those who are citizens may decide the election in Wisconsin. “No matter what happens at the border, a transformation of sorts takes place once the migrants arrive at their destination. The labor demand for them is huge,” says Armando Ibarra, a political scientist and demographic expert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “The harsh anti-immigrant rhetoric versus reality on the ground are two different things. But here they suddenly somehow coexist.”
palabra | Latino Voters Balance Stereotypes, Their Pocketbooks and Immigrants’ Vital Role
Interviews: Armando Ibarra