Tejanos

I wonder why you like what you're seeing.

Well, essentially, as a Tejano, which is like a Texan Mexican, Over the years, we've just been seeing all these illegals pouring over the border and just simple catch and release.

You know, we need somebody to take an active role to actually find them because we can't be having this population imbalance.

I mean, just by virtue of, you know, jumping over the border illegally or coming over however they do, you're already breaking the law.

The Democrats ran a guy named Bobby Polito.

Bobby Pulido is a Grammy Award-winning Tejano singer-songwriter, right? The district stretches from the Mexican border all the way up to San Antonio.

This is a Supreme Court-mandated majority Hispanic district.

He ran... and his entire campaign focused on the economy and on immigration reform.

I wonder why you like what you're seeing.

Well, essentially, as a Tejano, which is like a Texan Mexican, Over the years, we've just been seeing all these illegals pouring over the border and just simple catch and release.

You know, we need somebody to take an active role to actually find them because we can't be having this population imbalance.

I mean, just by virtue of, you know, jumping over the border illegally or coming over however they do, you're already breaking the law.

And I do think that the Democrats have to heed and understand that the reason that we got backed into this corner was because we weren't receiving the support policies and solutions that our family was seeking.

And I keep going back to Texas because for so long, Texas felt, Tejanos felt so beaten down, so forgotten.

And there's nothing more beautiful than to watch the Rio Grande Valley find their voice, flex their muscle, and show their power.

There's something so beautiful about that when you understand everything that the valley has gone through.

Nada.

I think that Tell Rico's campaign and Gina's campaign and even Polita's campaign, this was not about party.

This was about the love of Texas, the love of Tejanos, the love of bringing people together.

And I have to say, you know, even the rural white voters, they took a shot.

Members applauding him because it was their communities that were having to deal with this flood of illegals.

And he would have been surrounded by a lot of Democrats, mostly Tejanos saying, thank you, Mr.

President, but he never went.

And so now what the presence is, is ICE coming in and everybody knows somebody in their community who has been touched by an ICE enforcement action.

And it's a skinny line that stretches from San Antonio up to Austin, Texas.

And the Texas 15, where we've got the incumbent Monica Dela Cruz, who's a Republican running against Tejano singer Bobby Polito.

But that it's fairly close.

But that's a district that voted for Trump by 18 points.