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