To the editor: This column fails to persuade me of its central argument, that the White Home’s pro-natalist stance in some way is an expression of anti-Latino bias (“The anti-Latino agenda behind Trump wanting Americans to have more kids,” Feb. 24). Mother and father of each colour will tangibly profit from the expanded little one tax credit, and could have entry to the $1,000 in inventory from the Treasury Division. Gustavo Arellano himself factors out that Latinas had extra youngsters than some other demographic in 2023. Assuming that pattern holds true, Latino households stand to make nice positive aspects from these applications.
It’s high-quality to be upset in regards to the administration’s heavy-handed strategy to deportations, but it surely doesn’t make sense to make use of it to castigate insurance policies that may assist younger households with the unimaginable monetary burdens they face. I don’t see the nexus there. In troublesome instances, strengthening households must be acknowledged as progress, not reframed as exclusion.
Charlie Henry, Palm Desert
