Most of the immigrants I know are from India. Indian immigrants in US have the highest income per person of any other major ethnic group, including US born whites, Jews, Chinese immigrants, Native Americans, Hispanics etc. So the people I know are not on food stamps and other welfare. They are mostly all doing well economically and should be voting republican.
But still majority votes democrat. I am guessing for reasons I explained before.
Yes the Indian immigrants are voting Dem despite their material success. Asians voted 73% for Obama, higher than Hispanics. As I indicated, we have entered the era of tribal politics. Minorities vote Dem. Why? They get special preferences over non-Hispanic whites.
For example, the Virginia Department of Minority Business defines a minority individual as “an individual who is a citizen of the United States or a non-citizen who is in full compliance with United States immigration law and who satisfies one or more of the following definitions:”
1. “African American” means a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Africa and who is regarded as such by the community of which this person claims to be a part.
2. “Asian American” means a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands, including but not limited to Japan, China, Vietnam, Samoa, Laos, Cambodia, Taiwan, Northern Mariana, the Philippines, a U.S. territory of the Pacific, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, or Sri Lanka and who is regarded as such by the community of which this person claims to be a part.
3. “Hispanic American” means a person having origins in any of the Spanish-speaking peoples of Mexico, South or Central America, or the Caribbean Islands or other Spanish or Portuguese cultures and who is regarded as such by the community of which this person claims to be a part.
Can you imagine any other country on the face of the earth who would give special preferences over their own citizens? These minority business set asides can be conferred on people with just green cards. These kind of preferences reinforce a group identity, hinder assimilation, and engender resentment by those not given such an advantage--an advantage supposedly to remedy past injustices.
We are going to Balkanize this country along racial, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural lines. We are sowing the seeds for our own destruction. No country is immune from such forces.