A job well done by Tom Tancredo - (or did he sink the Republicans this cycle)

He sounds awfully self-satisfied. But a new analysis of the effect of immigration politics on the Hispanic vote in the United States suggests the job Tancredo actually accomplished was something quite different: the effective torpedoing of Republican chances for national political power for another generation.

The key finding, as detailed by Richard Nadler in “Border Wars: The Impact of Immigration on the Latino Vote” is blunt:

Immigration policies that induce mass fear among illegal residents will induce mass anger among the legal residents who share their heritage.”*

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