Latino is an ethnic not genetic classification. Anyone can be Latino, from blonde blue eyed pale f
Skins to charcoal black and everything in between.
Being English or French is the same. Idris Elba is an Englishman just as much as Daniel Craig. Sarkozy’s, zidane, etc, are all French.
The USA needs to move to economic classification to level opportunities.
You’re right. There is no there there when it comes to who is classified latino/hispanic/etc. I had friends whose (English decended) family emigrated to Uruguay. When the kids moved back, they were “hispanic” according to federal guidelines.