Presidential candidates who come to Las Vegas have been meeting with Culinary Union leaders in hopes of getting their coveted endorsement. The union’s secretary-treasurer Geoconda Argüello-Kline said that won’t happen for a while, but added that her members are looking for candidates with concrete plans to protect immigrants, boost the minimum wage, and make health care cheaper — not just someone who is the anti-Trump. However, there’s also evidence Trump has been a good motivator in the immigrant-heavy state: Nevada saw near-presidential year turnout during the 2018 midterms, with Latino voter turnout accounting for an impressive 18 percent of that total.
“We know Trump is racist — we know that. He doesn’t like the immigrants,” said Argüello-Kline, herself an immigrant from Nicaragua. “They want to hear about the issues.”