<p>A 2014 report from the Center for Immigration Studies suggests that more immigrants = more Democrats winning elections. ;</p>
<p>&ldquo;The enormous flow of legal immigrants into the country &#8211; 29.5 million from 1980 to 2012 &#8211; has remade and continues to remake the nation&rsquo;s electorate in favor of the Democratic Party,&#8221; writes study author James Gimpel, a professor at the University of Maryland. ;</p>
<p>While Gimpel&#8217;s study focused on legal immigration only, President Trump has repeatedly claimed that illegal immigrants also contribute to the Democratic vote. ;</p>
<p>Immigration data for the past three decades suggests immigrants are more likely to vote Democratic than Republican. According to a 2012 study cited in Gimpel&rsquo;s report, roughly 62% of foreign-born, naturalized immigrants identify as Democrats. About 25% said they were Republicans and 13% identified as Independents.</p>
<p>There were about 8.7 million immigrants in the US eligible for naturalization when Gimpel&rsquo;s report was published. Between 50 and 60% are now legal citizens. ;</p>
<p><strong>That&rsquo;s a lot of Democrats. ;</strong></p>
<p>In his study, Gimpel also took into account the immigrants likely to come to the US in the future. Asians and Hispanics, he said, &ldquo;have policy preferences when it comes to the size and scope of government that are more closely aligned with progressives than with conservatives.&#8221; Asians and Hispanics are twice as likely to vote Democratic.</p>
<p>On top of that is the fact that immigration tends to exacerbate ;income inequality in the areas in which they settle. &ldquo;It is from areas of higher income inequality that we find the most support for a robust government with an expansive regulatory and redistributive role in the economy, among all citizens, not just immigrants,&rdquo; writes Gimpel. ;</p>
<p>The political effects of immigration are &ldquo;uniform throughout the country,&rdquo; notes Gimpel, meaning that both Republican and Democratic areas become more Democratic with the arrival of immigrants. ;</p>
<p>Take Broward County, Florida, for example: between 1980 and 2014, Broward&rsquo;s immigration population increased from 11% to 32%. During that same time period, Broward went from being 56% Republican to just 32% Republican. ;</p>
<p>You can see the same effects anywhere with a large immigrant population. ;</p>
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<p>When you take Gimpel&rsquo;s report into account, the Congressional standstill on DACA starts to make a bit more sense. ;</p>
<p>Republicans are split on immigration reform, but Democrats are united in the demand that we legalize Dreamers. They are even willing to shut down the government to get their way.</p>
<p>There are an estimated 3.6 million Dreamers currently living in the US. Granting them citizenship and allowing them to vote ;could have a massive effect on future elections.</p>
<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s notes:</strong> Initially illegal immigrants love the Democratic Party because they give away lots of benefits, benefits they never had in their own countries. As illegals, they can&#8217;t really assimilate, so they never really grow into mature U.S. citizens. I believe that legal immigrants, once they assimilate, make themselves part of America, find they can earn a great living without the free benefits, and become better suited to the Republican Party philosophies.</p>