# Many Cubans voted for Trump; now they are turning against Republican immigration policies

https://mins.news/en/item/121947

- BBC News, 2026-10-30 00:43 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c574p7z1xm8wo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Miami immigration lawyer Ismael Labrador voted for Trump but says he was blindsided by the scale of deportations. He and other disillusioned Cuban American voters believed the administration would target only people with criminal records. The backlash could hurt Republicans at the ballot box.

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