The dims may have facilitated their population surge but with a gathering plutrality and even outright majority in some precincts, I think their agenda is to "self-govern".
But in the meantime they’ll vote democrat.
I agree, I lived for two years in El Paso and learned Spanish. Most Latino immigrants I met (legal or illegal) were naturally “conservative”. They (and their kids) have strong family values (including respect for the “ahem” male head of household), work hard are entrepreneurs and are religious. The only catch is some come from socialist countries or align with democrats. IMO, Obama bringing Latinos will backfire in the long run as their natural/cultural values are more “traditional”. There are few vocalist group like La Raza (which want to replace one European language “English” with ... ironically... another European language “Spanish”). But they don’t represent most of the Latinos I met.
“I’m going out on a limb here and thinking that Latinos have no interest in either party. “
Bullseye.