The mayor-elect of a Texas border city that is around 85 percent Latino claimed that Latino voters are switching from Democrat to Republican in light of recent policy proposals. “Well, during the past election, it’s amazing what happened here in South Texas,” Javier Villalobos, the mayor-elect, told Fox News over the weekend. “I think genuinely the Hispanic community is very conservative, yet, traditionally, they voted Democrat. It’s amazing what happened this past election. I think our numbers as far as conservative voters were up substantially. We finally, finally, have competition in South Texas. So I think it’s [going to] open up the doors for a lot of people.” Earlier this month, Villalobos won the mayoral election with about 51 percent of the vote over his opponent, Veronica Vela Whitacre. McAllen is located at the southern tip of Texas in the Rio Grande Valley, which has seen a significant uptick in …