Not to mention that "Hispanics" are the 2nd-largest and fastest-growing ethnic group in the US... having passed "African-American" as the 2nd-largest ethnic group in early 2001.
Of course he is going to pander to their votes by "expressing solidarity with the oppressed Latino against the European Colonial Oppressor"!
After all, British (and Falkland Islands) citizens cannot vote in US elections, so they are not to be bothered with.