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Rubio has long history of blocking immigration enforcement
The Daily Caller ^ | 5/24/2013 | Charles C. Johnson

Posted on 05/24/2013 3:04:04 PM PDT by BfloGuy

Sen. Marco Rubio blocked numerous immigration-enforcement bills when he served as speaker in the Florida House of Representatives from 2007 to 2009.

“Rubio blocked any efforts to deal with the problems of illegal immigration on the local or state level,” one former politician from South Florida, who has known Rubio since his city councilman days in West Miami, told The Daily Caller.

“He said it was because we had bigger things to deal with on the state level. Maybe that’s true. But he didn’t even let bills to the floor when they sailed through committees,” the politician, who declined to speak on the record, added.

Rubio’s record is relevant now because he’s presented himself as a moderate backer for the Democratic-led “Gang of Eight” immigration bill. Proponents of the bill argue that its extensive loosening of immigration laws (including a “pathway to citizenship” that Rubio in 2010 described as “basically code for amnesty”) will be balanced by tougher enforcement.

But the record shows that Rubio used his power in Florida to block popular immigration-enforcement bills prior to his election-trail conversion into an immigration-hawk.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; immigration; nwo; randnesty; randsconcerntrolls; rubio; stealthagenda
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To: BfloGuy
Y'know, this information MIGHT have been useful 3 years ago... during his Senate candidacy as the "true conservative, anti-amnesty" replacement for Mel Martinez, when conservative & tea party groups were falling all over themselves to endorse him the moment he announced his candidacy...

Just a suggestion.

41 posted on 05/28/2013 9:45:04 PM PDT by BillyBoy ( Impeach Obama? Yes We Can!)
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To: BfloGuy

tsk, tsk

Poor Rubio

He thought it was possible to be pro-Amnesty back in his Florida days and then pretend to be a big defender of America when he got to the Senate

Looks like it’s harder to fool the rubes these days, Marco.

The internet’s a real bitch for weasel politicians.


42 posted on 05/28/2013 10:00:49 PM PDT by Pelham (Deport illegal aliens? Hell yes!)
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To: Hugin; Bratch; itsahoot

Anything short of deportation is just defacto amnesty.

Come to southern California and take a look at what happens when the hacks we elect as Presidents refuse to deport the millions of foreign nationals who squat here illegally.

SoCal used to be America.


43 posted on 05/28/2013 10:06:24 PM PDT by Pelham (Deport illegal aliens? Hell yes!)
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To: Democrat_media

+1


44 posted on 05/28/2013 10:07:28 PM PDT by Pelham (Deport illegal aliens? Hell yes!)
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To: Pelham
Come to southern California and take a look at what happens

I lived in Palm Springs for 25 years so I know what happens, escaped a couple years ago.

45 posted on 05/29/2013 12:13:26 AM PDT by itsahoot (It is not so much that history repeats, but that human nature does not change.)
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To: BfloGuy

dweeby little Rubio turns out to be an ethnic warrior, not a real conservative. Rubio has delusions of grandeur, of leading Hispanic Americans. But he can never beat Democrats at this game. His own Cuban people (formerly super conservative) are voting more Democrat in the younger generation


46 posted on 05/29/2013 12:29:37 AM PDT by dennisw (too much of a good thing is a bad thing - Joe Pine)
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