Trump's Petty Power Play: A Name Change Would Only Exacerbate Wounds of Racial Bias The recent dustup over Donald Trump's suggestion to rename New Mexico as "New America" has sparked widespread ridicule and outrage in the state.
But beneath the surface level criticism lies a deeper issue – one that speaks to the long simmering tensions between the state's majority Latino population and the federal government.
New Mexicans have every reason to be skeptical of Trump's motives, given the administration's lawsuit against the state for providing in state tuition and financial assistance to undocumented immigrant students, many of whom are Latino.