President Donald Trump will mark Hispanic Heritage Month on Wednesday, hosting a celebration at the White House with hundreds of Hispanic Americans and some business owners.
The celebration underscores the administration’s push to solidify the Latino vote ahead of the midterm elections. However, the optics of the event present a stark contrast to the president’s hard-line immigration agenda, which has seen a nationwide deportation effort led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement that critics have argued disproportionately targets the Hispanic population.
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