And even if Republicans gained any Hispanic votes by appeasing to them, they'll lose many more votes of people who are opposed to such appeasement.
That is not a winning strategy.
We had a piece yesterday where hispanics only vote at a 50% rate with Blacks being up there at 69%, and whites 62% to 64% depending on location. One article on the phenomenon is at http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2013/05/08/182301593/census-black-voting-surpassed-white-in-2012 What that means is there’s more to be gained by getting another 5% of white voters out