Reflecting on the 2018 Texas Election Results as Queer Latina Canvasser

Election results came around the same time that 5,200 U.S. military troops were deployed along the border of my home, the Rio Grande Valley. The Rio Grande Valley is the southernmost tip of Texas along the U.S./Mexico border. The area, aka the RGV, is the poorest area of the country with a Latinx population of over 90% and a poverty rate at over 68%. One in three people are food insecure and one in two children are food insecure. This deployment is costing us $220 million dollars. I know for a fact that, instead of creating unnecessary hysteria by deploying over 5,000 troops into my home, this money could have been used to help my community. This militarization is going to hurt the RGV a lot. This will make the… Read more »