Yeah, it's funny... Any time anyone's got the stones to run a tough campaign against the colonistas, they win HUGE in the ballot box.
Consider this:
The reconquista is the single most viable issue for breaking the Democrat stranglehold on the black vote. Talk to any black, they know how much all of the border jumpers are pushing them away from the entry level rungs of the economic ladder.
But there are just too many dainty Republicans that aren't willing to walk through that fire and grab the victory that's there for the taking.
Ain't that the truth. If you ever heard Terry Anderson and his pals call George Putnam, you heard it with passion.
The reconquista has driven many south central LA blacks to Riverside and San Bernardino. The Open Border is all an intellectual lark when you're privileged, it's something else entirely when you're in direct competition for your livelihood.
We used to hire blacks for the janitorial work when I worked in restaurants. These people were put out of business by illegals who would undercut their prices. The illegals were willing to live 20 to a house, and save their money with a plan of returning to Mexico or points south. The blacks were our fellow Americans, and they had nowhere to "move to". They live here. They couldn't live 20 to a house. To hear people justify open borders by saying "they really didn't want that sort of job" is insulting and demeaning. If they weren't competing with foreign nationals here illegally they were able to make a living.