Jaime Florez On The Brett Winterble Show

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Today, we're joined by RNC Hispanic Communications Director Jaime Florez to discuss Hispanic Heritage Month and how President Trump’s policies are positively impacting the Hispanic community.

Florez begins by praising President Trump for his efforts to curb illegal immigration, specifically addressing those crossing the border unlawfully. He notes that, in some cases, up to 70 percent of migrants did not speak Spanish, suggesting that many were coming from regions outside Central America or Mexico. According to Florez, these individuals were competing for jobs that Hispanic Americans have held for the past forty to fifty years.

Toward the end of the conversation, Florez emphasizes that Hispanic immigrants who are in the United States legally take pride in celebrating their heritage—and, in doing so, contribute to that cultural richness for the country. He adds that legal Hispanic immigrants are also committed to defending America’s future. Florez believes that those who have gone through the legal immigration process often possess a deeper appreciation and love for the United States, sometimes even more so than those who may take that love for granted.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
News Talk eleven, ten ninety nine three WBT Brett Weterbow Show.
Great to be with you. Happy to welcome to the program.
Somebody whose work I've admired from Afar, Hi May Flores,
is joining us. He's the RNC Hispanic Communications Director and
this happens to be Hispanic Heritage Month, and I wanted

(00:27):
to bring him on the program and talk a little
bit about the advancements that have occurred in these last
months with President Trump and working with the Hispanic community.
Welcome to the show, Hi May, and talk a little
bit about the mission here. In terms of this conversation, Hi.

Speaker 2 (00:49):
Brad, it is very important for us. We're Latino Americans
and we're very happy to be part of this country.
We are immigrants, of course, we came through.

Speaker 3 (00:57):
The legal processes.

Speaker 2 (00:59):
We establish our lives in this country. We brought our
families and we raise our families here. Most of us,
you know, began their entrepreneur qualities to this country, and
we started our businesses and our small businesses, and we're

(01:20):
criving and we're successful in some of our business creating
jobs and paying taxes and everything. So we think we
have the right to be called Americans.

Speaker 3 (01:29):
Weren't very proud of that.

Speaker 1 (01:30):
And look, absolutely, look immigration, legal immigration is the greatest
thing that we can have to refresh the country over
and over again and having people getting great opportunities, building businesses,
building the ability to invest in all that, all that
sort of stuff. But obviously we're looking at all of

(01:53):
these cities that are beset by crime, and we're also
looking at these cities. Shameful to see those who are
in the country illegally still being sheltered by these mayors,
these governors, these folks who just seem to not understand
that it's vitally important to do it legally and to

(02:13):
do it properly and have the right paperwork and all
that sort of stuff. And you did it, and I
know tons of people who have done it as well.
So talk a little bit about, you know, the business
of getting people here to be you know, legal.

Speaker 2 (02:30):
Bred It's something that you have taken too consideration. When
you see the numbers that we had during the past administration,
people crossing the border, in some cases up to seventy
percent of them didn't speak Spanish. They were not coming
from the Central American countries or Mexico or South America.
They were coming from other continents. Yes, and they come
after the jobs that the Hispanics have been conquering.

Speaker 3 (02:52):
For forty fifty years. Yep.

Speaker 2 (02:54):
They come after our schools, after our housing, after our
ben it's after all the things that we've been working
in this country for many.

Speaker 3 (03:04):
Many years.

Speaker 2 (03:05):
So the thing that the President the promise to do
and it's successfully doing, is you know, getting rid of
those immigrants that did not respect the loans to start with.
That they committed a crime by getting into this country illegally,
and that's not the case of many Hispanics that are here.

(03:26):
We're celebrating our Hispanic heritage, just bringing to the consideration
of people, to the attention of people, the fact that
we've been here. We're part of the history of this country.
The first city in the United States and Augustine and
Florida that was founded by Spaniards many centuries ago. So

(03:46):
it is very important to be part of this country.
We hate to see sometimes that the Americans are, you know,
trying to get a lot of vilusions with the socialists
and communists. Yeah, we've seen that movie already in our countries.
That's one of the reasons why many Hispanics came to
the US and we don't want to see that movie again.

Speaker 1 (04:09):
So let's let's talk a little bit about you know,
people who are very much on fire for the country.
They are a lot of these younger voters, some of
them who were first time voters that were coming in.
They want the great opportunities that are here. Can you
comment on on those younger folks who are coming in
and being you know, fired up. They may not be

(04:33):
immigrating here, right, they may be born here and all
that sort of stuff, but man, it is it is
imperative to have that next generation ready to defend what's
good about America.

Speaker 2 (04:46):
Yes, and we're ready to do that. Sometimes I feel
like we immigrants, legal immigrants love this country even more
than those that have taken it for granted for many years.
That happens in my family. You know, my daughter is
one of my daughters was born in my country, Columbia.

Speaker 3 (05:02):
The other one was born here.

Speaker 2 (05:03):
But they both Americans.

Speaker 3 (05:05):
They feel Americans. This is their country.

Speaker 2 (05:08):
The American flag is their flag, the anthem is their anthem.
The culture of this country. Of course, we're very proud
to have our culture, but we're very happy too, and
very appreciated that we have the freedom to continue bringing
our culture to this country as well. But we are Americans.
We want to fight for this country. We don't want
this country to fall into the wrong ways that many

(05:31):
of our countries in Latin America have. You know, look
at the example of Cuba or Venezuela and so used
to be the richest country in this continent, and now
what they have because they made the wrong decisions in
terms of politics, They voted for the wrong guys. They
decided to give away what the customs so much for

(05:54):
many generations by getting into the faults and the fake
stories of some politicians.

Speaker 3 (06:01):
So we have to be very careful with that.

Speaker 1 (06:03):
That's absolutely right. You couldn't have said it any better
him and Flores RNC, Hispanic communications director. We appreciate you
being here on the program and so happy to catch
up with you and I look forward to keeping up
this conversation, my friend, Thank you so much anytime.

Speaker 3 (06:20):
Thank you, thank you for the opportunity.

Speaker 1 (06:22):
Enjoy the weekend, my friend. Absolutely, yeah, absolutely, I mean, look,
this is the thing that's the imperative, right come to
the country, build the country, take the opportunity to spend
your money, do the things that you want to do.
All of that the American dream, right, the American dream

(06:45):
is the dream of independence, of being a vital part
of this patchwork in this country. We are stewards of
this country. We are stewards right, and the fact of
the matter is we could lose this in a generation

(07:06):
or two. But with folks like Jaime coming in bringing
his family, we are going to be strong for the future.
And that's the way to be one hundred percent of
the time breaking. Brett Jensen's going to come by next