Posted on 11/13/2015 5:49:22 AM PST by jimbo123
Candidate says he is open to 'very long' path to citizenship for immigrants.
Marco Rubio insisted he learned his lesson when he abandoned his controversial immigration bill: Congress could not tackle such an issue in a comprehensive fashion.
But on the campaign trail, Rubio says he's open to the most controversial aspect of that plan: a pathway to citizenship for the nation's 11 million undocumented immigrants. Rubio laid out this week a list of criteria illegal immigrants would have to meet to earn citizenship -- mirroring the controversial Gang of Eight bill that he has methodically been distancing himself from after it passed the Senate in 2013.
"I personally am open to that," he said of a "very long" path to citizenship on National Public Radio.
The comments drew Rubio back into the fray of an issue that has dogged him with the right wing of the party since he first tried to tackle it in 2012. He has tried to project himself as a leader trying to fix a vexing issue, while also trying to be sensitive to the anger from the GOP base.
But by playing to both sides, Rubio has sparked criticism from the left and right and prompted sharp charges that he's choosing his position for political expediency. It's a sign that the issue is only going to heat up as he continues to ascend in the GOP race.
Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Alabama, an immigration hardliner and an aggressive opponent of the 2013 bill, told CNN on Thursday that GOP candidates should drop out of the race if they back a path to citizenship.
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Rubio’s a flip-flopping LIAR in the mold of establishment pubbies who go along with all liberal ideas to get elected and keep changing their stories when convenient.
Sorry, Marco, but I don’t trust you at all. You actively worked in the Senate for amnesty. We know where your heart lies, no matter what tune you’re singing at the moment.
Love Sen Sessions. He is always on the right side of everything.
Senior Amnesty is pitiful. He can’t decide what to do and no one can tell him what lie will work.
Young Yeb! thinks he can fool enough people into believing him, this time.
He’s still for amnesty, he just thinks we need to be fooled into it.
He’s the fool.
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