Immigration is the one issue that would ever cause me to abandon the Republican party.
The D.C. Republicans have no idea what is happening to us out here in flyover country. Our jails are overflowing, our hospitals are on the verge of collapse, and are schools are busting at the seams.
The few American property owners left have watched their taxes swell for a decade to fund the lifestyles choices of "undocumented workers". In my home town we have had to build a new jail, a new high school, junior high and 5 elem. schools. We now provide breakfast, lunch, and afterschool snacks. Our town is now 60-70% "immigrant", crime has soared, businesses are closing, and the people who can afford to simply leave. Our downtown now looks like Tijuana on a bad night, gunshots ring out all over the "eastside" barrios, assault, robbery and rape are becoming rather common and people don't go out at night.
Even the restaurants are Spanish speaking only. The our drive throughs at McD's and Burger King are Spanish. "Yo quero el Whopper, por favor"
It's beyond the point of ridiculious, it's become a comic tragedy what we have allowed happen to our communities.
I've already abandoned the Republican Party, because of immigration.