Immigration Reform Poll: Majority Of Latinos May Support Republicans; Why The Change?

Immigration reform has been called a tough issue for Republicans who want to court the waning Hispanic and Latino vote for their candidates and policies. But, the Huffington Post reports there may be good news on this front. The polling organization Latino Decisions reports that generally, whichever platform supported the so-called "path to citizenship" for undocumented immigrants would likely receive their support. This finding is said to be true regardless of the presidential candidate that individual supported in 2012.

In recent political history, Latinos have been trending Democrat. States with high Latino and Hispanic populations have been taking an electoral shift. Many cannot believe that progressive California voted for a Republican president at all in recent times. Ronald Reagan and George H. Bush were benefactors of such a vote. Florida, Pennsylvania and New York also voted Democrat in the last few elections.

The immigration reform poll reported that over 40 percent of Latino Obama-voters supported a "down-ticket Republican" in a lower race. A Brookings Institution study found over half of all Republicans support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants in some form, despite what some press outlets and commentators try to purvey. However, a large number of Americans oppose any path to citizenship.

Those that oppose such an initiative often cite the difference between the views of immigrants from the Americas versus those from Europe and elsewhere. Many people tend to concentrate on immigration policy toward people from Mexico and Latin America. While many in that region are eager to enter the United States, immigrants from places like Ireland or England tend to wait 10 plus years to gain entry to this country.

Yet, limited attention is paid to those who want to study or work in America or want to escape the high-tax Eurozone countries. Some say that in order to properly assess and address immigration reform, those in Washington must pay equal attention to immigrants from the south and from across the pond.