trump's bombast aside, he's not wrong about some of the things people hate him for. it's not wrong to deport illegal residents. it's not wrong to not support citizenship or legalization of illegal residents. in fact, it is wrong to not do so, due to how it deters legal immigration and legal incentives.

i favor legal immigration of virtually anybody who has the desire and the ability, but the reasons i do aren't enough to make immigration by illegal means as justified.

also, it's funny how the political media narrative is so deeply embedded into the idea of hispanic votes being deterministic of electoral outcomes. hispanics can swing every which way and the electoral map won't change. whites and blacks are key demos. the trumpian, cruzian mega anti-illegal-immigration politics will probably be an immensely and unexpectedly powerful strategy. the reason is that mostly the people who support illegal immigration can't vote, don't vote, or won't vote on that issue primarily.

i would not be surprised if a cruz candidacy won with >55% of the national vote. the silent majority is real. the media is asleep at the wheel.