“come down to the latin vote in the swing states”
Maybe it should come down to the American votes.
To be a full citizen of this country, you must be able to read write and speak English, at least minimally.
Juan Mcamnesty is pandering to the Aztlan, Mecha, and “The Race” types who are anti freedom, anti Constitution and anti U.S.!
If they are citizens, theirs ARE American votes, no matter what language they listen to on the TV or radio, or speak in their homes.
I don't know where in the world YOUR people came from, but mine came from Italy, and there were no more patriotic people than they. My Maternal great-grandparents knew English, became citizens, and spoke nothing but Italian in their home. But THEIR children spoke English well, as, in turn, did THEIR own children. Would you deny that they were good citizens because they didn't speak 'the King's English'? Get over yourself. There are a LOT of people in this country who came from somewhere else, and even when they have learned English, don't THINK in English, they think and reason in their native languages. And sometimes, even though they left their native land for this country, in which they knew they would have myriad opportunities to offer a better life to their families, they still enjoy the culture of their native lands.
Do you scoff at parades on St. Patrick's Day? That's celebrating a different culture, and some folks even try to speak Gaelic for the occasion. How about the Feast of San Gennaro? Do you disparage Italians for celebrating their culture on that day?
The beauty and genius of America is our ability to blend so many different and varied cultures. It has been so since the founding of this nation, and every wave of immigrants who are 'different' has caused unrest among some of the residents who see them as a threat. It was so in the late 18th century with the wave of Eastern European immigrants and Irish immigrants, and in the early part of the 19th century with Italians. Many considered them to be 'less than' the British and the Middle Europeans who had already arrived and made a home for themselves here, and didn't like they way the newcomers spoke their own languages among themselves and created enclaves within the cities to which they moved. Over the generations, however, the children and grandchildren of those immigrants moved from those enclaves and joined the greater society, making their own lives as Americans.