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Dulcinea

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Mon Feb 16, 2026, 08:52 AM Monday

'South Texas will never be red again': Home builders warn GOP over Trump's immigration raids [View all]

(Politico) Home builders are warning President Donald Trump that his aggressive immigration enforcement efforts are hurting their industry. They’re cautioning that Republican candidates could soon be hurt, too.

Construction executives have held multiple meetings over the last month with the White House and Congress to discuss how immigration busts on job sites and in communities are scaring away employees, making it more expensive to build homes in a market desperate for new supply. Beyond the affordability issue, the executives made an electability argument, raising concerns to GOP leaders that support among Hispanic voters is eroding, particularly in regions that swung to Trump in 2024.

Hill Republicans have held separate meetings with White House officials to share their own electoral concerns.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/south-texas-never-red-again-190000699.html

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