{"id":1055732,"date":"2025-08-22T19:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T23:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1055732"},"modified":"2025-08-24T23:07:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T03:07:30","slug":"trump-again-betrays-latino-communities-this-time-ripping-away-support-for-hispanic-serving-institutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-again-betrays-latino-communities-this-time-ripping-away-support-for-hispanic-serving-institutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Again Betrays Latino Communities \u2014 This Time Ripping Away Support for Hispanic Serving Institutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In response to the Trump Administration calling grants to Hispanic-serving institutions unconstitutional and <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hispanic-colleges-trump-a795fc966590681f41410c2b3e268ac0?utm_source=onesignal&amp;utm_medium=push&amp;utm_campaign=2025-08-22-Breaking+News\"><em>announcing<\/em><\/a><em> it will no longer defend them in court, <\/em><strong><em>DNC Senior Spokesperson Marcus W. Robinson released the following statement<\/em><\/strong><em>:&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump is once again stabbing Latino communities in the back \u2014 ripping away critical support from Hispanic-serving institutions and leaving millions of Latino students behind. This isn\u2019t just neglect \u2014 it\u2019s a deliberate attack on the very communities that fuel our economy, enrich our culture, and uphold our democracy. And it doesn\u2019t stop there: Trump\u2019s budget bill guts health care for millions of Latinos and slashes working families\u2019 income, all to bankroll handouts for billionaires. So it\u2019s no surprise his approval among Latino voters is in free fall \u2014 because we know exactly who Trump fights for, and it sure as hell isn\u2019t us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donald Trump\u2019s approval <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trump-approval-holds-40-lowest-level-his-term-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2025-08-18\/\">rating<\/a> is already tanking with Latinos, cratering to 32%, the lowest level of his presidency, and now Trump is making another cruel, calculated attack on Latinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump and Republicans\u2019 disastrous budget bill is set to deal another blow to Latino families. The massive cuts to Medicaid will disproportionately affect Latinos, given that around<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/medicaid-latinos-immigrants-fact-check-misinformation-social-media-work\/\"> 31%<\/a> of Latinos and <a href=\"https:\/\/unidosus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/unidosus_childrenunderattack-1.pdf\">58%<\/a> of Latino children rely on it for health coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a reminder that Trump is pulling this attack on Latinos straight out of the Project 2025 playbook, and his other Project 2025 plot of abolishing the Department of Education will have detrimental and lasting effects on the Latino community:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Federal funding for Title I schools, which play a key role in reducing educational disparities for students of color, including <a href=\"https:\/\/datacenter.aecf.org\/data\/tables\/8418-children-in-title-i-schools-by-race-and-ethnicity#detailed\/1\/any\/false\/1696,1648,1603,1539,1381,1124,1246,1021,909,857\/167,168,133,3,185,107\/17042\">9.7 million<\/a> Latino children, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/article\/project-2025s-elimination-of-title-i-funding-would-hurt-students-and-decimate-teaching-positions-in-local-schools\/\">would be put at risk.<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Department\u2019s loan forgiveness and payment programs could be severely disrupted, which will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/10\/02\/latino-student-loan-borrowers-face-extra-challenges-as-bills-restart.html\">disproportionately harm<\/a> Latino students, <a href=\"https:\/\/educationdata.org\/student-loan-debt-by-race\">67<\/a>% of whom leave college with student loan debt.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/education\/2025\/01\/30\/trump-tribal-hispanic-colleges\/77910584007\/\">scrapped<\/a> plans to steer more funding to Hispanic-serving institutions, and now he\u2019s doubling down his attacks on Latino students by closing the Department completely.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump has already begun <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/education-department-civil-rights-division-eroded-by-massive-layoffs\">gutting<\/a> the Department\u2019s Office of Civil Rights, ripping away crucial protections for Latino students facing discrimination in educational settings.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to the Trump Administration calling grants to Hispanic-serving institutions unconstitutional and announcing it will no longer defend them in court, DNC Senior Spokesperson Marcus W. 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