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In the coming years, Texas will turn purple and then blue if we don't change our immigration policies. Here is some evidence about what is happening in places like Harris, Dallas, and Tarrrant counties

Immigration, Political Realignment, and the Demise of Republican Political Prospects

"What is quite remarkable is that even when we consider Texas alone we find that, as the immigrant population has grown across its 254 counties, the Republican vote share has declined from where it stood 30 years ago. Estimates for California and Texas appear in Table 4. For Texas, the estimate shows that for every 1 percent increase in the immigrant presence in a county, the Republican vote share dropped by 0.67 percentage points, which is considerably higher than the impact nationally. A one standard deviation (σ=6.07) increase in the percentage of immigrants taking up residence in Texas counties, translates into a four percentage-point drop in Republican Party prospects, controlling for income and the percentage of black residents. Contrary to conventional wisdom, immigration is precisely why the GOP has lost so much ground in the most heavily Latino areas of South Texas, as well as in the larger urban counties."

"What is quite remarkable is that even when we consider Texas alone we find that, as the immigrant population has grown across its 254 counties, the Republican vote share has declined from where it stood 30 years ago. Estimates for California and Texas appear in Table 4. For Texas, the estimate shows that for every 1 percent increase in the immigrant presence in a county, the Republican vote share dropped by 0.67 percentage points, which is considerably higher than the impact nationally. A one standard deviation (σ=6.07) increase in the percentage of immigrants taking up residence in Texas counties, translates into a four percentage-point drop in Republican Party prospects, controlling for income and the percentage of black residents. Contrary to conventional wisdom, immigration is precisely why the GOP has lost so much ground in the most heavily Latino areas of South Texas, as well as in the larger urban counties." So if Karl Rove was so brilliant, why didn't he understand this and invite, rather than ban, Tom Tancredo from the White House?

It depends on the type of immigrant. If immigrants were made to have sponsors that were responsible for insuring that in order to come to this country you had to have a job, well that would make a huge difference.

That only with the sponsors support could any welfare benefits be given to LEGAL immigrants and only for a year. Anybody caught with illegal workers would be fined $10,000.00 for each month of work and for each employee. If more than one illegal is found in a business then the owners including board members would be prosecuted under RICO statutes for IRS violations, immigration fraud in an organized manner. This should be placed under federal jurisdiction with minimum mandatory of 1 year for every employee found to be illegal and forfeiture of salaries subject to fines in order to fund illegal immigrant health and welfare benefits.

All immigrants should be tracked and encouraged to obtain full citizenship by mastering basic English and American history. English immersion in school for all foreign immigrants and no preferential treatment of any protected class.

If you have illegal immigrants, you will have lawlessness. Gangs and thugs exploit these people and encourage patronage of selected race baiters and politicians in order to fund their criminal protection racket.

Trust me, most Mexicans hate having to pay "la mordida". But like my grandfather and father always told me growing up, " the man with the gun makes the rules". Each of my grandfather's sons was made to join the armed forces. He said " if you bleed for this country they can never say you don't belong here."