Carlos A. Sanchez (csanchez@pfaw.org) is Coordinator of Political Campaigns at People For the American Way, a progressive advocacy organization in Washington, D.C.

As the leading Republican presidential candidates prepare to take the stage for their first debate on Thursday, pundits are predicting a brawl. But if there's disagreement, it's almost certain to focus on style, not substance. After all, every GOP presidential candidate expected to make the cut for Thursday's debate shares essentially the same extreme agenda with potentially devastating consequences for our country.

We are sure to see each of the candidates try to show how he (yes, they are all men) is different than the rest of his fellow Republicans. But the differences in rhetoric and minuscule variations in policy don't change the fact that Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee, Ben Carson and Rand Paul have all committed to push policies that benefit the rich, do nothing for middle- and low-income families, and disproportionately hurt those in the Latino community.

The growing wage gap between those at the top and everyone else has been well documented, and a stagnant minimum wage is part of the problem. Latinos make up 16 percent of the workforce, but 25 percent of workers who would benefit from an increase in the minimum wage to $10.10. Raising the minimum wage would help almost 6.8 million Latinos. Yet all but one of top GOP presidential candidates oppose increasing it. (Quasi-candidate Ben Carson is the only one who has signaled support for raising the minimum wage.) Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, and Rick Perry would eliminate the federal minimum wage all together.

All of the candidates ignore climate science. They also ignore the fact that half of the Latino population in the U.S. lives in neighborhoods with below-acceptable air quality levels, and that the Latino community has disproportionately high levels of asthma hospitalizations and asthma deaths.

All but one of the top GOP presidential candidates (Donald Trump!) wants to cut or "phase out" successful programs like Social Security or Medicare, critical safeguards to ensure that seniors in our community can afford food, medicine and other necessities for a secure retirement.

On immigration, not one of the top GOP presidential candidates is calling for comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship, and all oppose President Obama's executive actions that protect DREAMers and families from deportation. While the country focuses on Donald Trump's despicable rhetoric, we have to remind ourselves that on immigration, the top GOP presidential candidates all stand against the Latino community.

Jeb Bush has spoken out strongly against a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, calling citizenship an "undeserving reward." He has stuck to this position on the campaign trail. Jon Ralston, a Nevada reporter who has covered politics for over 25 years, wrote last month in an article entitled Jeb Bush Pandering to Nativist Wing: "Isn't Bush responding to [anti-immigrant] fears and exploiting them by suddenly taking a path to citizenship off the table? Is it less damaging than Trump's manifest idiocy or Cruz's inflammatory statements?"

Marco Rubio, who once led efforts for comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship, has called his work on the bill a mistake and has taken the concept of a comprehensive immigration reform bill off the table.

Anyone who aspires to be president should see that a comprehensive immigration reform bill with a path to citizenship is necessary; that in the face of legislative inaction, presidential actions are required to protect DREAMers and families from deportation; that families are struggling and need a raise to a living wage; that climate change is real and should be addressed; and that the health and wellbeing of our seniors is nonnegotiable.

The debate on Thursday may provide good entertainment value, but if none of them can acknowledge those facts, what's to debate?