Riding a wave of Cuban support in Florida, Trump rolls out an economic plan for Hispanics

WASHINGTON (SBG) - President Donald Trump rolled out an economic plan for Hispanic Americans Wednesday night as polls in Florida show the president making inroads among Hispanics in Florida ahead of Election Day.

Trump announced the two-page "American Dream Plan" to rallygoers in Arizona, less than a week before the election. Former Vice President Joe Biden leads Trump among Hispanics in Florida by just 48-43 percent, a Mason-Dixon poll published Thursday shows. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won that same constituency by double digits during her failed 2016 presidential campaign.

"Over the next four years, the American Dream Plan will bring more than 2 million new jobs to Hispanic communities, create over a half a million new Hispanic-owned small businesses -- which will end up being large businesses if I know you, and I know you well," Trump said in Goodyear, Arizona.

Among Trump's lofty goals, which are laid out in a White House document, include instilling "policies to add 500,000 Hispanic-owned businesses ... empower every family in America with school choice now," a major conservative campaign issue, and "streamline the process to increase the number of Hispanic Serving Institutions."

One goal is to "resolve Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) with a permanent solution," which is something the Trump administration has promised since the president took office nearly four years ago. The DACA, among other things, is a federal program that does not confer lawful status on recipients but rather delays removal of illegal aliens for a renewable two-year period and allows beneficiaries to apply for work permits. Former President Barack Obama established the program in 2012.

Trump is leading Biden among Florida's Cuban population, 71% to 23%, but he is not finding the same level of support among Hispanics in Western states. Biden leads the president among Latino voters by 33 points in Nevada, 36 points in Arizona, and 24 points in Texas, according to the Mason-Dixon poll.

Biden's plan for Hispanic community is more comprehensive, with the former vice president posting on his website an 8,000-word plan to address income gaps, investing in Hispanic-owned, small businesses, creating more affordable housing, and investing in Hispanic homeownership. The plan also notes how the former vice president intends on reversing the immigration policies Trump implemented during his four-year term, which includes "stopping the separation of children from their parents and reunite families."

"Biden will immediately reverse the Trump Administration’s cruel and senseless policies that separate parents from their children at our border, including ending the prosecution of parents for minor immigration violations as an intimidation tactic, and prioritizing the reunification of any children still separated from their families," the former vice president's plan reads.