Don’t let Latino victories be lost in the election night dismay
*Latinos scored some important victories on Tuesday. Here’s some good news to chew on. VL
By Miguel Solis, Dallas Morning News (3 minute read) 
The first message I received after Donald Trump won the presidential election was from a former student of mine, a first generation Mexican-American.
“Mr. Solis, this is the first time that I’m actually scared for America. What is going to happen? How could this happen?”
At times like this, it can be easy for Latinos to drift into despair. What does Trump’s victory mean for the tasks of repairing our patchwork immigration system, closing the income gap, fixing our education system and improving race relations?
At times like this, it can be easy for Americans to lament the state of affairs. Why is our political system so divisive, is it truly broken, will America ever recover from what it has just been subjected to?
On election night, lost in the noise of social media, political punditry, the shock felt by Hillary Clinton’s supporters and the elation of President-elect Trump’s, something profound occurred. It had everything to do with Latino Americans.
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America elected its first Latina to the U.S. Senate, Nevada’s Catherine Cortez Masto. Florida elected the first Puerto Rican congressman in its history, Darren Soto. New York elected Adriano Espaillat, the first formerly undocumented immigrant in Congress and the first Dominican-American congressman in history. The United States Congressional Hispanic Caucus now has more than 30 members, the first time this has occurred.
[Photo courtesy of Catherine Cortez Masto Facebook]
