Let me take you back to 1994, when the GOP introduced their firebreathing immigration "reform" bills via
Prop 187, complete with grainy black-and-white ads showing those dastardly Hispanics invading our country. The immediate result was that Pete Wilson (R) won his reelection. The long term result was that for want of a campaign, a kingdom was lost:
It is commonly believed that a repercussion of the campaign for passage of Prop. 187 was the alienation of minority voters in California from the Republican Party.
What happened was that Latinos, 3 Million of whom by then were becoming naturalized citizens, punished CA GOP immediately after. And so the state from which Ronald Reagan and Richrad Nixon sprung forth is now bluer than blue
Which brings us to today, in reponse to the GOP attack on immigrants:
More of the nation's 8 million legal immigrants are showing up at citizenship classes and seminars sponsored by churches and community groups.
Guess who they'll be voting against for year to come?