When Donald Trump was elected to his second term as President of the United States last November, Billboard‘s senior Latin editor, Griselda Flores, began watching to see if his forthcoming immigration policy changes would impact the Latin music business.

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There was already a historical pattern to support this thinking: Back in the 2000s, when George W. Bush strengthened immigration enforcement and tightened visa restrictions, Billboard found that it hurt the business of Latin music concert promoters, who depend on immigrants to f

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