Most legal immigrants want all the illegals deported.. Only about one-quarter (24%) of Hispanic adults say they most often identify themselves by “Hispanic” or “Latino,” according to a new nationwide survey of Hispanic adults by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center. About half (51%) say they identify themselves most often by their family’s country or place of origin—using such terms as Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Salvadoran or Dominican. And 21% say they use the term “American” most often to describe themselves. The share rises to 40% among those who were born in the U.S.
About the only difference between legal and illegal, is that the legals get to vote for more immigration through the democrat party, quicker.
“Most legal immigrants want all the illegals deported..”
Not from any poll that I was able to find. They are about 65/35 against deporting Illegals. I suspect that much of it is due to having illegal family (and extended family) members. They also do support Amnesty, but don’t consider it a big deal as long as people aren’t being rounded up.
What they are against, for sure, is OPEN BORDERS. They know better than most of us just what is down there in Mexico and especially Central America. That is THE OPENING for Republicans and also why Republicans that concentrate on securing the border (and don’t talk about Amnesty, either way) DO FINE with Hispanics. But their consultants (most of them gay, by the way), keep telling them that they MUST support Amnesty, in order to get their support.
So a strategy that just MIGHT WORK for Republicans with regard to Hispanics is to go ALL-OUT for securing the border (i.e., a SERIOUS fence), and to start taking away the goodies that Illegals get, starting with welfare, and then looking the other way when they get jobs, education, health care, driver licenses, etc.
But I doubt they will do that, as their consultants (most of them gay, by the way), will advise them otherwise.