They would not win the demographics battle IF the republicans and for that matter Americans, recognize demographics are being changed deliberately to seize control of the country, and therefore truly reverse the illegal immigration flow without falling for the outrageous “racism” charge.
I think a vast majority would still support that while there is still time to act. Will it happen? Probably not and that’s very troubling.
We could end all illegal immigration, and remove all illegal aliens, and the GOP would still face demographic doom because of mass legal immigration. Legal immigration has been and continues to be the much bigger demographic threat to the conservative movement and the GOP.
Perhaps the worst thing to come out of the GOP’s admirable stand against amnesty under Bush and Obama (well, they are allowing Obama’s executive amnesties) is that it has created this narrative parroted by almost all in the party that says ‘illegal immigration bad, legal immigration good’. Yet no one ever stops to ask how much legal immigration is good? Well, for the GOP (and the country’s well being) the answer is...a lot less!
Legal immigration needs to be drastically reduced. Family reunification needs to be limited to spouses (traditional definition) and minor children of citizens and permanent legal residents. The absurd Diversity Visa needs to be eliminated. Refugee settlement should be reduced and much more strict. An overall cap on legal immigration needs to be implemented.
If all that were done, along with not granting illegals a path to citizenship and ending birthright citizenship, then the GOP would having a fighting chance going forward.
But like you said, there is very little hope of this happening. Party leaders are either true believers in unending mass immigration despite all the evidence of how it favors the Democrats (like Bush or Dick Armey) or they know the truth but are afraid of being called names. Or maybe they just haven’t thought it through.
Whatever the case, the outlook for true, conservative immigration reform is bleak.