S.F. Mission Latinos Face Trump Presidency With Resolve, Fear

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Donald Trump signs left on the corner of 22nd and Harrison streets. Photo by Lola M. Chavez/Mission Local

By Joe Rivano Barros, Mission Local
In San Francisco’s Mission District, the city’s Latino neighborhood, the ascendancy of Donald Trump to the White House was met with a mixture of fear, resolve and a come-what-may attitude.

“What happens will happen,” said Miguel Gustan, a worker who emigrated from Mexico. If immigrants are allowed to stay in the country, fine, he said, he and others will be able to continue working. But if not, “ni modo,” he said — it doesn’t matter.

Politicos were less carefree. Supervisor David Campos, the gay Guatemalan immigrant who represents the Mission District, had a fitful night and hardly slept. He spoke with his sister, he said, whose nephew asked whether the election of Trump meant their family would be deported — despite them being citizens. 

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