"But the bill’s demise may have greatly damaged the party’s ability to meet
its enduring goal of attracting a large percentage of the growing number of
Hispanic voters — thousands of whom are ostensibly in line with the party on a
host of other issues, said many Republican lawmakers, consultants and Hispanic
voters.
“There may be some short-term gain from this,” said Linda Chavez,
who served in the Reagan administration and is now chairwoman of the Center for
Equal Opportunity, a conservative public policy group. “But in the long term, it
is disastrous for the Republican Party.”"
The challenge that is facing the republican party, is how to draw in Hispanic voters, while at the same time not upsetting a very conservative white base. I wouldn't go so far as to say that there are members of the base that are racist, but that they are concerned about American culture and what they see as a loss of our culture due to the increase in immigration. They are right that the culture is changing, but I don't know that I share their belief that this change is for the bad. I think this goes to the question of what makes an American and American, a Mexican a Mexican. You can't say that immigration is changing the character of America, without addressing these questions.
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