Alex’s story is just one of the many ways that Latines across the country are reacting to the recent Supreme Court decision. These factors include apparent race or ethnicity, speaking Spanish, speaking English with an accent, or presence in a location where undocumented immigrants are believed to gather. As a result, for some Latines, speaking their family’s language in public has become more political. Karina Perez, a Tennessee-based accountant, is a U.S. citizen, along with her parents, but is cautious about speaking Spanish when she is with her parents in her rural town. Alex was excited by liberal Susan Crawford’s win in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, despite Elon Musk pouring millions of dollars into Crawford’s Republican opponent.
