You're wrong. Gloria Romero here grilled the feds about illegal immigration and she's a Latino Democrat in the State Senate. So its not a racial issue. The Democrats are beginning to see the power of this issue and they're not going to let themselves be outflanked. Its the ideal ready made populist campaign issue.
a) Dems do not like enforcing laws (except against businesses). It runs contrary to their nature.
b) One or two Dems who "see the light" do not a party make. Have you so foon forgotten the whackos who drove Kerry off a cliff? THIS is the modern Dem party, not one or two renegades.
c) You haven't even begun to see the fallout from the ultra-lib Latino organizations if the Dems really try to enforce some of these laws. That will be a beaut.
Just because you don't like w's amnesty, don't be fooled into thinking that the Dems REALLY see this as an "issue." They will be exposed very quickly. It is going to take a Republican to solve this.