For the G.O.P., Fine Line Seen on Migration

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WASHINGTON — In 1996, when a surge in illegal immigration collided with the overheated politics of a presidential election, Republicans demanded a strict crackdown.

They passed a measure in the House that would have allowed states to bar children who were in the country illegally from public schools. Senator Bob Dole, Republican of Kansas, the party’s nominee for president, called for limiting social services to immigrants in the country illegally. Patrick J. Buchanan, one of Mr. Dole’s rivals, had promised to build an electric fence along the border with Mexico.

When Mr. Dole lost to Bill Clinton that year, he received just 21 percent of the Hispanic vote — a record low for a Republican nominee — and the party has never really recovered, even as the Hispanic vote has come to represent 10 percent of the presidential electorate, doubling from 1996.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/19/us/politics/for-the-gop-fine-line-seen-on-migration.html?action=click&contentCollection=Politics&region=Footer&module=MoreInSection&pgtype=article

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1. Senator John Cornyn's Hypocrisy On Immigration Reform. Cruz Opposes Reform.

http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/13519/john-cornyns-hypocrisy-on-immigration-reform

Worst of all, while Cornyn acts like he's an advocate for immigrants who perish in the desert, in reality he has one of the worst records of blocking comprehensive immigration reform in the Senate. Cornyn voted against reform in 2006 and 2007, and voted against the DREAM Act in 2010, all while calling himself a reformer.

At least Ted Cruz is honest about his genuine opposition to any pathway to citizenship. That's right -- Ted "son of a Cuban immigrant born in Canada" Cruz, who by his own extreme birtherism isn't eligible to run for President -- opposes any pathway to citizenship.

It will be interesting to watch Cornyn try to balance his need to appease an electorate that sent Ted Cruz to the US Senate while also claiming to be sensitive to the experiences of actual undocumented immigrants. In the meantime, it looks like Cornyn is doing all he can to maintain his mantle as "Biggest Hypocrite" award from America's Voices for his constant pandering to both sides on immigration.