Grumpy Old Midwesterner
2007-09-27 04:06:58
Hispanics may be 14% of the population but they are a smaller per centage of the electorate. Alienating 72% to pander to 14% doesn’t strike me as a good tactic. Anyway, from my perpective here in flyover land, working class whites and blacks are upset about immigration and have noticed this massive influx of immigrants (many of whom are not Hispanic) are driving down their wages. However rich folks can hire nannies, gardeners, home improvement handymen and so on cheaply. Big businesses can hire workers cheaper and flout workplace rules with the connivance of government officials.
Further, I don’t think it has escaped the notice of Hispanic American citizens that a crackdown on illegal immigrants would serve their economic interests.
