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I beg to differ. We have been told for over thirty years that Latinos were really conservative and just dying to become Republicans. The last few elections have proved that to be false. Hispanic Americans voted democrat by a margin of something like 75-25 in the last three or four elections. I do not think more than 35% have ever voted Republican. Even for Reagan.
That old buzzard ain't gonna fly no mo!

“...I do not think more than 35% have ever voted Republican...”

I agree with you. While many Cubans and Salvadorans vote conservative they are NOT a majority. Even heartthrob Eduardo Verastegui could not lead many Mexi-fornians away from voting for Obama.

I beg to differ. We have been told for over thirty years that Latinos were really conservative and just dying to become Republicans. The last few elections have proved that to be false.

It comes down to which wave they came in on.

Reagan was an inspiration. Immigrants can be inspired by a great leader of their new country just as much as the native people. Those that came in under Reagan are Reagan Latinos. And they do vote Republican.

The next wave came in under Clinton/Bush. What was their inspiration? New Latinos have been cultured into a very different world -- an uninspiring world.

That same thing has happened to millennials. Worse, they're cynical. They don't start families. They're unemployed.

If we can find someone that can inspire millennials, we'll have no trouble inspiring new immigrants. Amnesty wouldn't be a huge problem with such a leader.

But where is that leader today?