Sheinbaum says immigration raids ‘very likely’ cost Republicans Latino votes: Thursday’s mañanera recapped

Sheinbaum’s mañanera in 60 seconds 🗳️ Sheinbaum says U.S. immigration raids “very likely” influenced midterm results: The president said analyses have found that many Latino Americans, including people of Mexican descent, who voted for Trump and the Republican Party in 2024, voted for Democrats on Tuesday. She said “it’s logical to think” that racism and immigration raids were related to Latinos’ decision to vote in large numbers for the Democratic Party. 📊 69% of Hispanic voters backed Democrats, per NYT estimate: Republicans received 29%, and the Democrats’ margin among Latino voters widened to 40 percentage points, up from 11 points in 2024. 🇨🇳 Sheinbaum confirms bilateral meeting with Xi Jinping at APEC: She said she will meet with the Chinese president and government ministers at the leaders’ summit in Shenzhen on Nov. 18 and 19. Sheinbaum said she will announce several other bilateral meetings soon. 🇺🇸 Meeting with Trump depends on whether he attends APEC: Sheinbaum said there is no confirmation yet that the U.S. president will travel to China. If he does, “of course we’re interested in meeting with him,” she said. Why today’s mañanera matters Two days after the U.S. midterm elections, President Sheinbaum expressed her view that opposition to the Trump administration’s immigration raids was a factor in the Democratic Party’s victories in the House and Senate elections. Since returning to office in January 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump has pursued an aggressive deportation agenda supported by immigration raids carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). How might the results of today’s midterm elections in the United States impact Mexico? During Trump’s second term, 18 Mexicans have died in ICE custody or during ICE raids, leading the Mexican government to file complaints with U.S. prosecutors’ offices. Also of note at today’s mañanera was Sheinbaum’s revelation that she will hold a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ summit, which will be held in Shenzhen, China, on Nov. 18 and 19. Trade and Chinese investment in Mexico could be among the issues the Mexican and Chinese presidents discuss. Mexico imposed new and higher tariffs on a broad range of Chinese goods at the start of 2026, angering the Chinese government. On Thursday morning, Sheinbaum said she also hoped to hold a bilateral meeting with Trump in China. Trade would likely be a central part of their discussions as Mexico and the U.S. are seeking to reach a deal that resolves a range of bilateral trade differences. Such an agreement could improve the likelihood of the Trump administration agreeing to a 16-year renewal of the USMCA — an extension it declined to endorse in July — although Washington and Ottawa would also need to resolve their trade differences. ‘Very likely’ that immigration raids influenced US midterm results, says Sheinbaum A reporter asked the president whether she believed that immigration raids in the United States influenced the results of the U.S. midterm elections. “Yes, it’s very likely,” Sheinbaum responded. She said that analyses have found that many Latino Americans, including people of Mexican descent, who voted for Trump and the Republican Party in 2024, voted for the Democratic Party in Tuesday’s midterms. Sheinbaum said “it’s logical to think” that factors such as racism and immigration raids were related to Latinos’ decision to vote in large numbers for the Democratic Party. According to an estimate by The New York Times, 69% of Hispanic voters supported the Democratic Party on Tuesday, compared to 29% who voted for the Republican Party. Democrats’ margin over Republicans among Latino voters widened to 40 percentage points, up from 11 points in 2024. Checking in on realignment (via NYT Voter Data): Accounting for national swing, younger voters have more than reversed their 2024 shift right, nonwhite noncollege and Hispanic voters back to 2020 position. Some changes with *college* nonwhite, Black, and Asian voters persist. https://t.co/e6ielALiCO — Will Jordan (@williamjordann) November 4, 2026 Record numbers of Latinos voted on Tuesday, reaching as many as 14.5 million, according to Janet Murguía, CEO of UnidosUS, the largest U.S. ​Latino civil rights organization. In a report headlined “Latinos, motivated by immigration and economic woes, drive Democratic gains in Republican strongholds,” Reuters reported that recent immigration raids in Kansas helped drive voter registrations in “three solidly red counties” that “turned blue in the U.S. Senate race” in that state, won by Democrat Adam Hamilton. Sheinbaum ‘interested’ in bilateral meeting with Trump in China Sheinbaum said she will depart Mexico for China on Sunday Nov. 15 and return on Nov. 20. “We’re going for practically the whole week because it’s practically two days of flights,” she said, referring to her outbound and return flights. Sheinbaum said she will hold “several bilateral meetings” in Shenzhen, adding that she will announce them soon. She confirmed that she will attend a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi. “There will be a bilateral meeting with the government of China, with the president of China, with ministers of the government of China,” Sheinbaum said. Asked whether she would hold a bilateral meeting with Trump at the APEC leaders’ summit, she responded: “We still don’t know for sure whether President Trump will go. If he goes of course we’re interested in meeting with him. It will depend on how long he is there for. There is not yet confirmation that he will go to this meeting.” Various media reports say that Trump is expected to travel to China for the APEC summit, where a trilateral meeting between the U.S. president, Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin could take place.