Posted on 04/04/2012 9:17:01 AM PDT by moonshinner_09
CNSNews.com) - Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) says he is working to craft an alternative version of the DREAM Act that would allow younger illegal aliens who came to the United States "through no fault of their own" to stay here legally and, if they wished, get in line to become a citizen.
"There is nothing that prohibits them from getting citizenship,” Rubio told the Tampa Bay Times in an April 3 interview in which he explained his plan. “We just don't create a new pathway. The bottom line is they would have a visa of some sort and like they and any other visa holder in this country can get in line and apply for residency. You have to wait in line but you get to wait in line in the U.S. legally.”
“They would be here living, studying, working, while they're waiting in line,” Rubio said. “We have a broken legal immigration system. Someone would say, 'Well it's going to take them forever to get residency.' Well, that's true of anybody. The system has to be modernized but that's a separate topic. It doesn't create a pathway to citizenship directly but doesn't prohibit them from entering the regular pathway."
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Another so-called conservative shows his true colors and character.
The Rubio train may derail before it even gets out of the station.
I am a fan, but this is dumb.
What about building the fence and putting security at the border first?
Good God, when are we going to see things change for the better? This is pathetic . . . another watering down of what it means to be an AMERICAN! Just disgusting!
Illegals are nothing but government growth hormone.
latino first, conservative later
very very few minorities do not identify with la raza primero
i remember being slammed her in past years for stating the obvious
funny how nowadays almost no freepers hold to the old PC views on this subject
my my
I am not southerner first conservative second...though culturally that would never be an issue would it
Good God. 80% of Americans are against the Dream Act. Do the Reps really believe this will get them more Hispanic votes?
The GOpooP is sadly lacking a farm club worth a darn..
What did Newt say about this?
Indee erase law for a vote,just amother Rino.
Indeed erase law for a vote,just amother Rino.
Bull! Just because of geoproximity? If we were to approach the issue of quasi-fair immigration under Rubio (or anyone else), we would need to open our doors to all the other nations of the world proportionately. We would need to buy buses, airplanes etc...and seek out any and all prospective immigrants from Africa, eastern Europe, Asia and Russia to name a few, and drop them off at our airports and bus stations.
Forced geoproximity immigration is racism against the rest of the world.
WHY on earth should ANY person with the word ‘illegal’ in their status be permitted IN much less allowed to STAY!!???
How can these knuckle head politicians be so fast and free with the ever decreasing resources of American taxpayers???
ENOUGH!!!!
There’s NO country on the face of this earth where I can go, defy THEIR laws, remain, work, refuse to pay my way AND demand MORE!!!!! NONE, yet these people can come here and freeload like there’s no tomorrow!
Rubio wants to take those folks, all of them with doctorates, or masters in engineering disciplines, and put them at the end of an even longer line.
Rubio wants to take those folks, all of them with doctorates, or masters in engineering disciplines, and put them at the end of an even longer line.
Not true. If you are a radical muslim, England is your oyster.
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