Politicians are just not very bright sometimes.
The fact is, on many issues the public doesn't have a problem unless it's in their face. Likewise the illegals issue wasn't a priority as long as the illegals kept it quiet. Now they are all over the news, and people who wouldn't ordinarily pay attention are sitting up and going "hey, wait a minute- that's alot of people". Also, I'm sure many people are seeing photos and video of streams of illegals trekking across the border, for the first time- and it's going to shock them.
What the Dems also aren't thinking about, is no legal immigrant in their right mind is going to be happy about millions getting a free ride to legal status.
I wonder how valild national stats are. Surely, our congressional elections will reflect state and regional variations.
Amen.