You may remember in 1986 President Reagan signed Simpson-Mazzoli which gave amnesty to about 3-million illegal immigrants in exchange for promises of better border controls.
It didn't happen, and instead 11 million new illegals flooded across our "open borders".
However, illegal immigration was not an issue in the presidential campaigns of 1988, 2000 or 2004, when Republicans won, or in any others when Democrats won.
kearnyirish2: "affirmative action"
Abolishing affirmative action was David Duke's issue in 1988.
It has never been a Republican issue, and is not something mentioned at any time by Donald Trump.
kearnyirish2: "Trump is doing well because many Republicans have finally realized this."
You may remember, in 1992 Trump the Elder (Ross Perot) won 18% of the vote and helped elect a Clinton president.
Yes, at the time people said Perot took as many votes from Democrats as Republicans, but even if that's true, they were surely the Reagan Democrats Perot took, and so cannot be counted as solid Dems.
Today we have Trump the Younger running on the old Perot "giant sucking sound" from NAFTA, and related issues like border control.
So, if Trump the Younger helps elect another Clinton president, I'd say the billionaires deserve whatever punishments she dishes out to them.
The "billionaires" will not get punished. It will not even be a blip on their radar.
Now the family who owns a "stop and rob"? Or a little farm? Or a small business with 10-50 employees? They will be crushed.
But then what is new? The GOPe has no interest in saving those guys either. They are not rich enough to buy a lobbyist.