Not surprising at all for a border state, but then how do you explain New Jersey? Is Chris Christie soft on immigration also? Is Bobby Jindal soft on immigration also? Is Mary Fallin soft on immigration? Is Brian Sandoval soft on immigration? HUH? HUH? HUH? HUH?
Texas is where all the jobs are. The percentage of the texas population that is illegal did not increase; they also got a lot more legal residents.
Of course, they are also a border state in a year in which Obama stopped policing the border and deporting the illegals. But mostly, they have jobs when other states don’t.