Hispanics and US Imigration Policy: When Jobs Trump Ideology
It was surprising to me to read that a bipartisan group of US senators including such big Republican names as John McCain, and Marc Rubio are getting together to help overhaul immigration policy to make it easier for many of the nation's illegal immigrants, mostly Hispanic to become citizens in the wake of finding that these same Hispanics make up 10% of the country's voting block and went for Obama by at least 70% in last month's presidential elections. Amazing that the Republicans would come out swinging for Hispanics even though the only time they lower themselves to meet with some such person is when the grass needs cutting or the house needs cleaning or (wrongly in most cases) identifying one through a police lineup. See, the Republicans make a big show of sticking to a rigid ideology " created at the very hands of Our God and our forefathers" but when it comes to garnering votes to keep their jobs then God takes a back seat along with our forefathers or ...