It aint panning out that way.
With each successive election we Hispander more.
That did not work well for conservatives yesterday.
They voted 70% for Ozero, Castro and Chavez.
I Understand Reagan’s angle and even agreed with him, but it just is not working.
I have been most sympathetic toward people that want freedom.
I’d like to note that Reagan won two landslides before amnesty. And that amnesty for 3 million got us 20 million more.
I find it interesting that Reagan signed amnesty into law two days after the 1986 election, so he never faced voters on the issue.
I just came upon this article , which maybe something to ponder.
Amnesty for Illegals Doesn’t Win Hispanic Votes
Here's a couple of excerpts:
The largest amnesty in history was the 1986 amnesty, which legalized 3 million illegal aliens, most of whom were Hispanic. The first presidential election in which they were eligible to vote was in 1996. The Republican candidate that year was Bob Dole — the man who had been majority leader in the Senate in 1986 and helped pass the amnesty. The chief author of that amnesty was also a Republican, Sen. Alan Simpson. And that amnesty was signed into law by another Republican — President Reagan. So, you would think there was resounding Hispanic support and gratitude for the Republican candidate in 1996. Wrong. Only 21 percent of Hispanics voted for the Republican.In this election, 74 percent of the voters were white, 13 percent were black, 9 percent Hispanic, 2 percent Asian, etc. To put it bluntly, given such a vast majority of white voters, you have to wonder why ethnic pandering would be needed at all for Republicans to win elections. What the Republicans need is a return to the conservative values that brought many victories in the past. Republicans could once again attract a resounding majority consisting of white voters and self-reliant nonwhites by loudly propounding economic and social policies that favor middle-class financial security and prosperity. But supporting liberal immigration policies is not the way. There is simply no evidence that liberal immigration policies ever made middle-class voters feel secure and prosperous.