Donald Trump says the economy is booming, a border wall drawing more Hispanics to his side

President Trump highlighted the economic gains of Hispanics through his policies in a speech to Hispanic business leaders on Wednesday as he continued to aggressively raise awareness with minority voters.

"In a booming Trump economy, Latinos are making record gains," said Mr. Trump at the annual Latin American Coalition Legislative Summit in Washington. “We have created 3 million new jobs for Hispanics. Spanish-American unemployment fell to the lowest rate on record. "

The president said his administration's plan to cut taxes and cut regulations "provides remarkable opportunity and security for millions of hardworking Hispanic families."

"Almost 40 million Hispanics live in households benefiting from our extension of the child tax credit – providing an additional $ 2,000 a year for an average family of four," said the president.

While a large majority of Hispanic voters are still in favor of Democrats, the President received the support of 30% of Hispanics in a Pew Research Center poll last month – slightly higher than the 28% who voted for it. Supported in 2016. In November, a record 32 million Hispanic Americans are expected to be eligible to vote, exceeding the number of eligible black voters for the first time.

The president talked about building his border wall and said that was one of the reasons he was doing relatively well with Hispanic voters.

"Do you know who wants the wall more than anyone else?" Hispanics, "said Mr. Trump. "They understand. They are here, they want to be safe, and they know that some of the people they meet are not the people you want to be with. They understand the border better than anyone and want a secure border. It’s a great relationship I’ve had with Hispanics. "

But Mario Carrillo, campaign director for America’s Voice liberal immigration reform group, said that Super Tuesday primaries across the country have shown Hispanics are motivated to turn against the president this year.