Not sure about in the areas these 11 represent, but here in NM I usually hear Hispanics that came legally being just as vocal as we here on FR are about illegal immigration.
It very likely could be different in other areas, I have no idea.
Well, look at the states the no votes came from..CA, CO, NV
All big illegal invasion states, they’re obviously pandering to the wetback votes, disgusting!
I don’t think Kinzinger or Upton have many hispanics.
In Texas the GOP is getting 80% of the white vote and in Arizona it might be around 66%. New Mexico might be similar numbers. There are a lot of illegals, Hispanic minors and guest workers who can’t vote. They are probably getting 25- 40% of the Hispanic vote depending on the Congressman.
Congressman Steve Pearce(R-NM) seems to be for guest workers mainly because big business tells him to, moreso than pandering to Hispanics.
Even Blake Farenthold district is pretty safe Republican and it is half hispanic but there are 10,000 more registered white voters.
Amodei has 20% latino, but his district is R+5. None of the people who voted for amnesty are in real trouble except Coffman.
http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2013/06/17/2170721/marchant-latinos-immigration/
The proposed immigration overhaul “is very unpopular in my district,” said Marchant, who represents suburbs west of Dallas. “The Republican primary voters, they’re being pretty vocal with me on this subject.” Besides, he said, “if you give the legal right to vote to 10 Hispanics in my district, seven to eight of them are going to vote Democrat.”
On Tuesday, National Journal reported that Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) was similarly worried about the political repercussions of a pathway to citizenship. In a closed-door meeting with Republicans, Burgess apparently joked about the “11 million undocumented Democrats” who could get to vote if a pathway were enacted.
Marchant represents Dallas, Texas, where there are estimated to be thousands of undocumented people residing. His district is 24 percent Hispanic.
“Not sure about in the areas these 11 represent, but here in NM I usually hear Hispanics that came legally being just as vocal as we here on FR are about illegal immigration.”
The DIRTY LITTLE SECRET that Republican consultants (most of them gay, by the way) won’t tell Republican lawmakers is that Hispanics are actually SPLIT on the issue, from what I’ve read in polling data.
They like the idea of Amnesty for those that are here, possibly because of relatives or friends that are not legal, and the idea of deporting people you know is (understandably) painful to think about. ON THE OTHER HAND, they do not like open borders, as they know what kind of people live down there, and DEFINITELY would like to keep them there, especially the bunch from Central America.
So a fence is ACTUALLY A WINNER with them, while being against Amnesty is a minor loser (but probably not a big deal), and being for rounding up and deporting is a major loser for their support (and probably not really needed, if you can just cut off the goodies they get here).