Losing the ‘Big-Ass Truck’ Vote
Donald Trump won big in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley in 2024—but now Latino voters are turning on him.
Nick Miroff
Nick Miroff is a staff writer at The Atlantic who covers immigration, the Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S.-Mexico border. He was a 2026 Pulitzer Prize finalist and won a George Polk Award for his immigration coverage. Nick was a reporter for 18 years at The Washington Post, where he won an Overseas Press Club award and the Maria Moors Cabot Prize for reporting on Latin America. He can be reached on Signal at NickMiroff.78
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