On the morning of November 8th, 2016, all the American public heard was that Hillary Clinton held an advantage in the polls heading into election night. At around 11 PM it was becoming clear that Donald Trump was going to be the next president of the United States. For many, it was a celebration. For others, it was a nightmare becoming reality. The groups of minorities that Donald Trump attacked suddenly feared about their futures in this country. Hispanics were probably the most impacted that night. While not every Hispanic is undocumented, many have friends or family members that are. Will there be a “Deportation Force” as Trump promised? Will that wall across the southern border actually be built? What about the many kids with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, also commonly known as DACA? Are those children going to lose the protection they were granted by President Obama?

As of recently, Donald Trump has begun backtracking on many of his comments made during his campaign. During an interview on 60 Minutes, the president-elect said parts of the wall may be fenced. That statement contradicts his past comments about how the wall will cover the entire border, be as high as 50 feet tall, and constructed out of precast concrete. In that very same interview, Trump said he would deport as many as 3 million undocumented immigrants, focusing on those with criminal records. That is contrary to his past remarks that inferred all the estimated 11 million immigrants would be sent back to their country of origin. “After the border is secure and after everything gets normalized, we’re going to make a determination on the people that they’re talking about — who are terrific people,” Trump said, referring to the remaining undocumented immigrants with no past criminal records and that have been playing by the rules. It seems as though the promises he made during his campaign were talking points and might never come to fruition. This does not settle down the Hispanic community. Nobody knows when Donald Trump could once again reverse on immigration.

As of now, though, it seems that he is acknowledging that many of the comments he made since he launched his campaign in June of 2015, are unrealistic. The Hispanic community is still uncertain about the future of their friends and family, but we will have to wait and see what president-elect Donald Trump and his administration will do in his 4 years in office.