Is the current political environment making it even more difficult for the GOP to achieve that 40 percent benchmark in 2016?

For example, exploding in the headlines is the Mexican-border situation, with thousands of Central American children streaming into our nation. Now attention is about to shift to Washington, where a congressional battle is brewing over the $3.7 billion funding request by President Obama to deal with this heartbreaking and polarizing immigration crisis.

Will sound bites by Republicans in Congress further alienate Hispanic voters as this crisis reaches a boiling point?