Christian Martinez

Christian Martinez, 24, concedes that businessman Donald Trump may seem arrogant and out of touch to some — his proposed immigration policies include building a 3,000-kilometer wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and deporting the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the country — but counters that the Republican presidential nominee has staff of all races and ethnicities working for him.

“He has everyone working for him,” Martinez says. “Even though he’s making the top money off of it, he’s also giving jobs to people.”

Latino supporters of Trump, like Martinez, are few and far between. A WSJ/NBC poll published in September shows a 48-point lead for Hillary Clinton over Trump in a four-way race among Hispanic registered voters, 65 percent to 17 percent.

Ironically, Martinez, who works as a reporting analyst at Univision Communications, suffered a personal blow on immigration policy. His undocumented father from El Salvador was deported when he was 13. [I was] left all on my own to find out what life is about,” he says.

“Stop deporting. Some people don’t deserve it. Some people do. And some people do deserve second chances.”

5. Hillary Clinton. “Liar. Working for banks and corporations.”

4. War. “Stop the violence, Muslims are not evil! Christians don’t hate Muslims. Politics hates anyone against them.”

3. Health care. “Everyone in this world deserves free medical treatment.”

2. Education. “Free education is a must! “Not-for-profit” schools are profiting too much. Schools are supposedly not for profit, but they receive so much money from government and us. And the tuition keeps increasing yearly.”

1. Economy. “This is what makes our time and hard work valuable as a whole. This is how we get free health care, education, serve the people and country.”

With regard to the economy and social liberalism, Martinez says his country is on the wrong path. He believes the Federal Reserve and U.S. government should not provide bailouts to banks.

“The banks are the ones not supplying the loans to the people who need them,” he says. In the long term, he adds, “this leads to having excess reserves in the banking system and not creating circulation into our economy.”

“I believe too much liberalism will lead to a country’s downfall.”

Martinez says he considers himself socially conservative. On issues such as gay marriage, he believes a wide interpretation of the law sets a precedent for others — something he says goes too far.

“Ever since gay marriage laws passed, people have been asking for more, like pedophilia ‘love,’ making marijuana legal, gun control, coed bathrooms,” Martinez says. “I believe too much liberalism will lead to a country’s downfall. I’m not against gays or lesbians, I just feel like people are never satisfied with what they get.”