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Immigration is a complicated matter. The upcoming movie "The Gangs of New York" may give us a new view of the matter. The Irish immigration was much more serious, at least on the short term, than the Hispanic invasion. By the time of the Civil War, the in-migration was largely over. The lasting effect had to do with the corruption of the political process on the eastern seaboard cities. It took the Irish a hundred years to assimilate, which gives pause to an sanquine hopes for assimilation in the Southwest. Tony Sanchez's blantant attempt to win by slamming his (Hispanic)opponent as "not Mexican enough" bothered me.

Immigration is a complicated matter. The upcoming movie "The Gangs of New York" may give us a new view of the matter. The Irish immigration was much more serious, at least on the short term, than the Hispanic invasion.

I dunno about that - there are no more continents to settle... yet the rush to get here continues.

Not sure where you live but I'm in the Dallas area and it's obvious that we're inundated with illegals that are here to re-colonize not assimilate. I think that represents a huge
difference between them and other waves of immigrants from
previous generations.

As their numbers have grown I've seen a marked difference in
their attitudes as well as a much cockier attitude on behalf of their boosters in the media and political community. It's always about "the Hispanic community" and never do they convey any allegiance to the American community. Within the
last couple months I've had two situations where they either
cut me off or pulled out in front of me which turned into a screaming confrontation at the next light. Needless to say when they saw a white guy jumping out of the car with a crazed look on his face they took right off!

My point is Sanchez tried to tap into the racist side of Hispanics throughout his campaign and perhaps he was just one election cycle too early....don't know. One racist statement he made during the campaign is paraphrased as follows: " Now, we finally have the opportunity to elect a government that truly reflects the people in the state of Texas". Obviously, he was talking about his Hispanic flavored government that would be in power due to the great influx of illegals into Texas.