| Sure, the question is just how long it will take for a Mexican to become president. This depends on more than just the number of Mexicans living in the US, but the basic idea is that the elections in 2008 are too close for the Hispanic majority with its substantial Mexican cohort to make the difference. By 2012 there could be enough Hispanics to prevail, but we can't be sure how consolidated they will be. After 2012 it just depends on the time it will take Hispanics to acquire enough of a collective consciousness. I suspect the salient features of any shared Hispanic identity in the US will feature a more humanitarian perspective on undocumented immigration.
Et semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum.
Raúl M. Núñez Sheriff |