What Hispanic voters want

“Republicans understandably and laudably are concerned about expanding their electoral base to include more Hispanics. But it’s insulting to assume that Hispanics will vote for you, as some leading Republicans seem to, only if you turn a blind eye toward those who have entered the country illegally via “economy class” (as they dubbed making it across our open southern border in the movie Spanglish).

As one GOP Hill staffer puts it, “it borders on racism to think that Hispanics automatically support amnesty for illegal immigrants over security at our borders.”

Indeed, Steve Camarota, director of research for the Center for Immigration Studies, notes that “polls show that for actual Hispanic voters, immigration ranks as a relatively low priority. So it’s not clear this is a way to win Hispanic voters.” He adds that “for actual Hispanic voters who might vote Republican, they tend to be more law-and-order types, so again it’s not clear that this is a winner politically.”"

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