Oooh! I'm really scared of all those 23,237 voters . . . some "message"?!
Maybe you should not be worried about those 23,000 votes, but you should still be worried.
There are enough people nationwide who are so disguested with inaction that they may very well stay home next election day, or vote third party. Are yo uwilling to take that chance?
Secondly, if you had to make an educated guess at this point in time, which party do you think that millions of new citizens, if they were to be legalized such as is spelled out in McCain/Kennedy, would vote for? I think its a pretty safe bet it would not be the Republicans, regardless of whether or not they do pass an amnesty bill(I hope they do not).