“Let’s face it - you are never going to see a GOP presidential or vice-presidential nominee who is truly, actually, effectively opposed to illegal immigration. It simply will not be allowed by the party establishment, since the GOP-E has too much invested in “Hispanic outreach” and big bucks from businesses that want cheap, exploitable labour.”
You may be right about that. Or not.
You are right that the establishment hacks and their Chamber of Commerce buddies want endless supplies of third-world labor to drive down loabor costs at the expense of the American worker, the cultural rot and societal ills be damned.
But enough heat has been brought to bear on these guys that, while they may still prefer open borders, they know that a Bush/McCain type approach to immigration will now make them political roadkill. That’s why we saw Romney, who I understand formerly had no problem with sanctuary cities, take a moderately hard approach in the primaries.
But you have to keep the heat on these kinds of guys after the elections are over, as you well know.