My best guess is that King confused the Dreamers and the Wetbacks, something like what you said, and misspoke about the ratio of drug smugglers (since I am posting on FR, let’s just say that’s my opinion). Leftists can get away with being wrong and then digging in, but not conservatives. AFAIK King has not changed his claim.
One possible effect is that embarrassed, cowardly GOP House members will be afraid to oppose any House Dreamer proposal. Not good.
If given citizenship they will vote Dem.
And the other bad alternative regarding this statement is they GOP sound like xenophobic white supremacists who claim that ALL Hispanics are drug running criminals even if they got all As in high school and now are in college after being brought here as kids.(hell they stole that HS education I get told)
Expect 2016 to be an ugly year.
Its a lose lose game for GOP and I see nothing good here.
The Senate bill was easy as its total crap,