I actually think if we don’t do it right politically it’s going to be the death of the Republican Party. If we do it right, I think it’s going to be good for us. But if we don’t do it right, what’s going to happen is that we’re going to lose our base because we’re still going to have a large number of illegal immigrants coming into the United States. And the Hispanic community is not going to listen to us because they’re going to always listen to, at this point, to the people that are offering more, that are offering a faster pathway to citizenship, all those things. So, I think we lose on both grounds if we don’t do it right.

Republican congressman Raul Labrador on NBC's Meet the Press, explaining explaining why he opposes the Senate's immigration reform bill:In other words, according to Labrador (who is, ironically, Hispanic): Republicans should oppose immigration reform unless it stops Hispanic immigration into the United States because Republicans don't have much to offer to Hispanics. Even if you set aside the crass nature of Labrador's political calculation on how his party should handle a question of basic human dignity, isn't it amazing that he seems oblivious to the fact that Republicans could do something about the fact that they are so unpopular with Hispanics? Instead, he—and his fellow conservatives—seem eager to make their problem even worse.