The term Hispanic is pretty loose, too. My wife is a white Panamanian, and she isn't much like the Mexican illegals we have here. About the only similarity is that she speaks Spanish, but then again so do I. She can't vote yet (citizenship takes years), but she's never going to vote Democratic. :)
I have a friend that married an engineer from Venezuala and has a whole bunch of "hispanic" children.
They are just like you and I except one of them is graduating from college here at 19 with two degrees. The government considers them hispanic but I can tell you they don't think of themselves that way.
Of course they have pride in their heritage but they are 100% pure conservative Americans. They are not trying to recreate Latin America up here. Their father left there for a reason, and he reminds the kids of that every day.
Unfortunately, many of the illegals probably will become citizens before your wife.
Most people aren't so much comparing it to the muslim invasion of europe as saying that muslim terrorist can come across the border. Also, do you think MS-13 is just another run of the mill criminal gang? If so, I suggest you read a little more about them.
"We get a lot of dangerous guys from Latin America, but they're traditional criminals..."
Yup, nuthin to worry about......
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1687923/posts
"I remember reading something on another site comparing our Hispanic invasion to the Muslim invasion in Europe. This, of course, is crazy. We get a lot of dangerous guys from Latin America, but they're traditional criminals, and don't form plots to take down planes. Shut down illegal immigration cold, and a good portion of that problem is solved.
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I would agree with this. Our invasion brings some of the same problems but at least we don't have a cadre of Mexicans looking to blow us up.