Immediately following the close re-election of President Obama this past Election Day, numerous Republican leaders and senators are calling for immediate immigration reform. One policy includes legalizing illegal immigrants that are in the United States, which seems to run counter to general Republican views on immigration.

Daniel Gonzalez explains this in his article about immigration reform when he says, “They must support a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants if they want the support of Latino voters…The sudden move to embrace immigration reform by Republican leaders and conservatives so soon after the election shows how politically powerful the Latino vote has become.” Considering that President Obama received a record-breaking 75% of the nation’s Latino voters, the Republicans are addressing problems to hopefully gain some of the prospective Latino voters.