Commentary: Racist 'Magic Deportation Bus' isn't the way for Trump to keep Latino voters

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Set us as preferred If you want proof of the widening chasm between the Trump administration and Latinos, look no further than California state Sen.Suzette Martinez Valladares and White House spokesperson Lauren Bis’ reaction to the same anti-Latino image.Posted on the White House’s social media accounts this week, it’s a take on the logo for the beloved 1990s PBS cartoon “The Magic School Bus.” Same cheery font, same yellow bus blasting through the cosmos, same depiction of wacky teacher Ms.

Frizzle and her cute chameleon sidekick Liz.But instead of a bunch of happy kids off to another adventure, the passengers are five handcuffed, brown-skinned, mustachioed men looking downward and dejected, all identical save for the colors of their T-shirts.Bracketing this soulless scene are the words “The Magic Deportation Bus” — get it? Har har! The White House released the illustration to accompany an Aug.

24 Fox News headline gushing that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had arrested a “jaw-dropping number” of undocumented immigrants in the D.C.area over the last two weeks.The Heritage American movement maintains that those Americans whose ancestors have been here for generations are more deserving of this nation’s riches than those of us whose families came over within living memory.The post was the latest in a flood of racist, anti-immigrant images that the Trump administration has shared.

But this one was so bad that it even offended Martinez Valladares, a Republican whose district stretches from the Grapevine to Victorville.“Enforcing immigration law and securing the border isn’t anti-Latino.But this image wasn’t necessary or helpful,” she told me.

“We can strongly support border security while expecting our government to communicate those policies without reducing a community to a stereotype....