Ana Maria Polo: Right now, it's hard to be Latino in the United States and not feel discriminated against'

"Polo says that the United States the country to which she emigrated as a child and where she has lived for most of her life no longer feels like home. Right now, it's difficult to be Latino in the United States and not feel discriminated against, she affirms. The divisions in the country are very serious, very ugly. The lawyer and television personality, who spoke to EL PAIS by phone, describes a grim picture of U.S. politics under the second Donald Trump administration,"

"pointing to the deep divisions in the country, as well as the rolling back of rights and laws. She expresses her concerns about the balance of power and the treatment of immigrants and the Latino community. There is clear, overwhelming discrimination focused on Latinos, she maintains. There are many [immigrants] who abide by the law and have been mistreated and racially profiled and that's not right."

"This country was built on immigrants, she emphasizes. In addition to criticizing the Trump administration's immigration policy, Polo asserts that she doesn't understand how all these Cuban-American senators and congressmen are supporting this administration. She's referring to the legislators from South Florida. Polo arrived in the state more than 60 years ago and still lives there. Born in Havana in 1959, Polo immigrated to Miami when she was two years old."

Ana Maria Polo is a Cuban-American lawyer and television personality who immigrated to Miami from Havana at age two and later lived in Puerto Rico before returning to study law. For nearly twenty years she hosted Caso Cerrado, a popular Telemundo courtroom show that ran over 2,000 episodes and reached audiences across the United States, Latin America, and Europe. She describes the United States as no longer feeling like home, citing serious divisions, rising discrimination against Latinos, and the rolling back of rights and laws under the second Trump administration. She criticizes immigration policies and questions why many Cuban-American legislators from South Florida support the administration despite immigrant mistreatment.

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