A Gilroy restaurant worker said she worried that in the last two years President Trump’s comments about the Latino community, and other communities, had encouraged people to take violent action.
But Tacos Ameca, a Mexican restaurant, was bustling at 10 a.m. “Homemade tortillas daily,” read a green, red and white sign on the corner of Monterey Road and East 10th Street.played on the radio and the cooks whistled along while they flipped meat on a flattop grill. In the corner of the the restaurant, two women sat together eating an early lunch — birria tacos.
Gilroy no longer felt the same, Armijo said. She was worried that in the last two years President Trump’s comments about the Latino community, and other communities, had encouraged people to take violent action.Armijo is from Puebla, Mexico, but has lived in the United States since she was 17 years old. “I think that the president has a lot to do with this,” Armijo said, referring to the shooting incidents in Gilroy and El Paso, “because of how racist he is.” Her friend, Adelina Ruiz, chimed in.
These incidents both happened in the last few months, she said. But Ruiz laughed it off, questioning why people would come to a Mexican taco restaurant if they expected everyone to speak English. She found that ridiculous, she said. Across the street, the owner of Eventos Palmas, a party supplies store, hung up three piñatas outside the storefront. Leon, who did not want to give his last name due to concerns about his legal status, has lived in the United States for about 40 years and has owned the store in Gilroy for seven.
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