This paper explores why Latinos who often suffer disproportionately from racial and economic injustice voted for Donald Trump in record numbers in 2024, despite his reported anti-immigrant, anti-minority, anti-female, and pro-big business rhetoric. In fact, his # 1 campaign pledge was to stop the "migrant invasion" and militarize and seal up the U.S.-Mexico border and carry out the largest deportation of migrants in history, all actions which experts believed would drive Latinos to Kamala Harris in historic numbers. Pundits were thus stunned to learn on Election Day that Trump won 46% (NEP) of Latinos nationwide and a majority of men (54%) and Latinos in 6 out of 10 swing states. While Harris won Latinos nationwide (51% - 46%), it was by the smallest margin in the history of Democratic politics. Given Trump's rhetoric, how was this possible? He did so by pledging to fight economic, social, and religious inequality by jumpstarting the economy, ending inflation and the wars in Ukraine & Gaza, creating higher paying jobs, supporting small businesses, addressing concerns about crime, and on the religious front by promoting Christian nationalism, traditional gender roles, conservative Supreme Court justices, challenging transgendered athletes in women's sports, and by promoting Judeo-Christian values, which he summed up in a pledge to destroy "woke ideology" and bring Christmas back to America. These issues resonated with and increased his share of Latino Catholic and Evangelical voters, which was critical to his victory since they - like their black counterparts - have historically voted Democrat from the 1980s-2020. They proved decisive in pushing the Latino surge into the Republican column, especially in key swing states. Trump's appeal was also reinforced by endorsements from Latino celebrities and concerns about Harris's inability to check Putin's War in Ukraine, China's threat to Taiwan, bring peace to the Middle East, and promote Judeo-Christian values.