""Grandma came here as an illegal immigrant," Brittney reminded her mother, referring to Gloria's mother."
""But she made sure to make herself legal.""
""ICE doesn't care about that - they would've netted Grandma.""
"Trump had made historic gains among Latinos in the last presidential election, only to drop those gains faster than Tommy "The Hit Man" Hearns did Pipino Cuevas."
A Whittier home becomes the scene of a prolonged, heated debate between a 63-year-old Republican mother and her 33-year-old Democratic daughter about Trump, immigration, and politics. The confrontation centers on ICE and Border Patrol activity in Latino communities and the personal history of a grandmother who entered undocumented but later legalized her status. The daughter and mother clash over whether enforcement spares legalized relatives. Latino voters delivered historic gains for Trump in the previous election, but those gains eroded amid a shaky economy and harsh immigration policies. Deep political divisions have left many Latino families fractured and silent.
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