Comments: Immigration Department demonstrates how political incentives

It is amazing how fast it's moving in Washington when the right incentives in place. Political incentives, and immigration reform may be just one recent example. The results of the election, and demographic driving it, just delete a political punishment for those who want to fix a broken immigration system.

Now, it is not support immigration reform whether the activists will get what they want, but everyone in Washington, especially the GOP, whether it will become a part of it.

Obviously, a lot has been scrambling to fill these slots. Less than a week after the election, a key Republican and Democratic senators, speaking through immigration reform, including to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

This week, U.S. President Barack Obama said, was re-elected on his first news conference since the dialogue between the White House and members of Congress have started on this issue, increase a bill that may soon launch " "This is in Univision in an interview with reporters, he said, if re-elected, he will attempt the first year, his second term promise to pass immigration reform things."

Even Sean Hannity, Fox News conservative political commentator, announced his position on immigration "evolved." Now, he supported the 11 million illegal immigrants living in this country, work and pay taxes citizenship means.

If the current political environment is not enough, the support of the public side of this issue. It is estimated that 57 percent of Americans said they would support a plan to allow undocumented immigrants to live here legal rights, according to the latest ABC News / Washington Post "poll. Rise to the figure of the Hispanic community about 8 every 10 Latinos support legal status for undocumented immigrants.

The total share of Hispanic voters increased significantly, bringing the power of much-needed community has been trying to be reflected in policy, designed to advance its agenda, the impact of its number.

Power and influence, according to a report released Wednesday by the Pew Hispanic Center, is only going to increase. The number of people eligible to vote in the next two decades, the Hispanic people will nearly double, from 23.7 million to about $ 4 billion. If 11 percent of voters gave the power of the Hispanic people, affect the results of this election, 16 percent in 2032, to help them shape the game.

However, the Republicans may find it difficult to get a chair at this table. This is because Obama's like Romney opinions how generous, Hispanic He won the presidential election will only scare away more Hispanics. Even the older the more socially conservative on behalf of, the better to the Republican way may go away.

For those who wish to reshape the Republican Latinos eye image most sincere choice, everyone is talking about an honest, open and forward-thinking way to solve this problem. This is true, may not be able to ensure that immigration reform, Hispanic voters to embrace the Republican Party, but the Republicans win back the White House, 11 million undocumented people living in this country are not resolved will have a harder time.