UVU Students Reactions to Donald Trump

Latino students at UVU give their opinion on the controversial candidate

Kimberly Bojorquez

Staff Writer

As if Donald Trump’s bid for the 2016 presidential election wasn’t controversial enough,

comments he made about Mexicans and immigrants have

gotten him into a lot of trouble, and

many are responding strongly to his comments.

During his presidential announcement speech, Trump

said, “When Mexico sends its people,

they’re not sending their best. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists.”

UVU student, Sam Castillo said, “I’m sure he knows

that Latinos are an extremely important

part of the votes, why would he go and purposely ru

in that?”

Trump’s speech prompted Puerto Rican actress, Roselyn Sánchez, to drop out of hosting duties

for Miss USA, an organization owned by Trump.

“Although I am not Mexican, I am Puerto Rican and a

proud Latina, and his comments were an

insult to our culture. I won’t sponsor anything produced by Donald Trump,” said Sanchez.

When Univision announced they were not airing the Miss USA pageant, other companies like

NBC and Macy’s department store decided to end their business relationship with the mogul.

Many Miss Universe pageant contestants from Latin America have also dropped out of the

contest.

Not everyone disagrees with Trump; according to a CNN national survey about 52 percent of

Republicans want him to stay in the race. Trump’s comments appear to be offensive, but many

Latinos agree with his stance on illegal immigration.

Edward Morfin, Spanish-speaker and maintenance worker at UVU

said, “Finally somebody gotup there and said what needed to be said. He said what everybody’s thinking but is afraid to say out loud.”

“He is a billionaire, he clearly knows what he’s doing so I think his comments about Latinos

could possibly have an ulterior motive,” said Castillo.

Trump’s comments have spawned many YouTube videos and public letters to him from immigrants who consider themselves to be hardworking, law abiding young adults. Whatever Trump’s motives are,it seems to be working after taking a look at Trump’s high poll numbers.