{"id":12993,"date":"2023-08-04T18:46:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T18:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/?p=12993"},"modified":"2023-08-04T18:46:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T18:46:41","slug":"new-data-shows-no-evidence-that-hispanics-are-better-off-under-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinosreadytovote.org\/?p=12993","title":{"rendered":"New Data Shows No Evidence That Hispanics are Better Off Under Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Alex Gonzalez<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donald Trump claims that he has \u201ccreated\u201d more jobs for Hispanics than anybody else. However, new labor statistics underscores the dismal gains among Hispanics, and a new Pew Hispanic survey shows that U.S.-born Hispanics are lagging behind \u201cwhites\u2019 in economic gains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unemployment among Hispanics in Jan 2017, when Trump took office, was 5.8%. The new jobs report<\/a> by the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics show that unemployment among Hispanics  is 4.7%. Since Trump took office, unemployment has dropped only by 1.1% among Hispanics \u2013 You can hover on the chart<\/a> to see month-by month statistics<\/em>. see chart below<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Unemployment among Hispanics spiked from 4.7% in 2007 to 12% due to the Great Recession<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Obama took office in Jan 2009, unemployment among Hispanics was 12%. When Obama was sworn in for his second term on January 2013, unemployment among Hispanics had dropped to 9.7%. When Obama left the White House on January 2017, unemployment among Hispanics was 5.8%. During Obama\u2019s second term, Hispanics gained employment by almost 4%. Moreover, since 2011, there has been a steady unemployment decline among Hispanics that probably have nothing to do with Trump economic and more with the economy Trump inherited from Obama.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Similarly,  a new Pew Research Center analysis<\/a> of government data shows that overall gain for most Americans \u201cmasks a sharp contrast in the experiences of U.S.-born Latinos \u2013 whose incomes in 2017 were 6% less than in 2007 \u2013 and of foreign-born Latinos, whose incomes were 14% higher than in 2007.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Pew he survey shows gains among Hispanic immigrants who have lived in country for a long time, U.S.-born Latino workers \u2013 younger and less educated than U.S.-born workers overall \u2013 who experienced greater losses in the recession, despite recent gains, have not recovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The median personal income of Hispanic workers stood at $28,400 in 2007, at the cusp of the recession. By 2013, their median income had fallen to $26,400, a loss of 7%. A quick rebound followed this period of loss, and the median income of Hispanics rose to $30,000 by 2017 \u2013 a gain of 14% from 2013 to 2017, sufficient to make up for the recession-induced loss (incomes expressed in 2017 dollars).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

For U.S.-born Hispanics, who account for 52% of the Hispanic workforce, their median personal income was $32,000 entering the recession in 2007, \u201creached a low of $28,800 in 2013, 10% less than in 2007. While incomes rebounded somewhat from 2013 to 2015 (reaching $31,000 in 2015), by 2017 they had dipped to $30,000 \u2013 6% less<\/em> than in 2007.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fact is that the incomes of U.S.-born Latinos remain below pre-recession levels because during the Great Recession they experienced greater financial losses in the economic downturn, according to Pew survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But financial loses is not the only pressing issues for Hispanics under the Trump administration.  In a Pew Hispanic survey last November before the 2018 mid-term, about half say situation for U.S. Hispanics has worsened<\/a> over the past year; majority worry that they or someone they know could be deported.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Pew surveys argues that \u201cmany blame the current administration for what they see as the worsening situation of Hispanics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two-thirds (67%) say the administration\u2019s policies have been harmful to Hispanics \u2013 a much higher share than during the administration of either Democrat Barack Obama<\/a> (15% in 2010) or Republican George W. Bush<\/a> (41% in 2007).2<\/a><\/sup> Overall, six-in-ten Hispanics (62%) say they are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the country today, up since 2017 and the highest level since the Great Recession a decade ago, when 70%<\/a> of Hispanics said they were dissatisfied with the nation\u2019s direction<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The survey notes that  half of Hispanic adults (49%) are foreign born, and as a group they have stronger concern than those born in the U.S. Immigrants are more likely than U.S.-born Hispanics to say they have serious concerns about their place in U.S. society (57% vs. 42%), and they worry a lot or some about deportation (66% vs. 43%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two important facts from these Pew Hispanic surveys are if you are U.S.-born Latino, you are still lagging behind financially, and Latino immigrants now have stronger fear of deportations and \u201cserious concerns about their place in society.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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As for discrimination against Hispanics, last week, the new Pew Research Center survey<\/a> shows that  76% of US adults say there is \u201ca lot\u201d or \u201csome\u201d discrimination against Hispanics, up from 70% that said the same in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So whatever Trump may argue in campaign rallies, Hispanics are not better off under this administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alex Gonzalez is a political Analyst, Founder of Latino Public Policy Foundation<\/a> (LPPF), and Political Director for Latinos Ready To Vote. Comments to vote@latinosreadytovote.com or <\/em>@AlexGonzTXCA<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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