That, my friend, is very very high hopes.

Yes, the republican party has been pro-immigrant in the past, however, the new republicans getting elected are doing so while publicly announcing a very anti-immigrant stance and making that stance one of the primary topics in their campaigns. They risk appearing as flip-floppers if they change their stance while they are serving in their positions.

The BP disaster is such an example. All of a sudden those that had at some point supported more off-shore drilling in the gulf where getting hit back by their own statements, specially if they recently changed their stance regarding off-shore drilling this election. When they change their stance on anything they risk appearing as flip-floppers and that can be used to really hurt any statements that they make during an election, its costs people their elections and its a disincentive to choosing what they may think is right when the issue surfaces.