Posted on 04/14/2015 6:15:39 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
“Well, I don’t know about others, but I’ve done more immigration than Hillary Clinton ever did,” Rubio said in an interview with NPR News released Tuesday.
“I mean, I helped pass an immigration bill in a Senate dominated by Democrats. And that’s more than she’s ever done. She’s given speeches on it, but shes never done anything on it,” the Florida senator said.
“We still need to do immigration reform … and I think the American people are willing to do that and not until they know that future immigration is under control,” Rubio told Fox News’ Sean Hannity Monday.
Rubio would require immigrants who arrive in the United States illegally to “come forward, undergo a background check, pay a fine, start paying taxes” and then, over time, receive a work visa, he said. Once people have proven themselves over “a decade,” they can apply for citizenship.
Rubio, who joined the Senate in 2011, previously signed on to the so-called Gang of Eight Senate bill that would have overhauled the country’s immigration system — but later backed away when conservatives decried the legislation as allowing “amnesty” for the roughly 11 million people currently living in the United States illegally.
Rubio came out swinging against the former secretary of state during his campaign announcement Monday, calling her “a leader from yesterday … promising to take us back to yesterday.”
He also fielded questions about his perceived lack of experience in multiple interviews.
“President Obama has been a failure not because he was only in the Senate for four years — he’s been a failure because his ideas are bad,” Rubio told Hannity.
Asked again about his credentials on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Tuesday, Rubio bristled at the hosts’ comparison to Obama.
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To prove you’re more democrat than the democrats.
It’s not immigration that concerns me...
I’m an immigrant.. a real one...
its the illegal aliens that both Hillary and Rubio let in here...
“Future Immigration” is not a problem. The problem is the wetbacks that are already here. If they are allowed to stay then future immigration doesn’t matter. The system will become quickly the Permanent Democrat Total State. If the illegals are allowed to stay, they will get the vote. In Democrat jurisdictions they will be allowed to vote without citizenship. Overall, they will be citizens soon enough, probably by a magnanimous Republican Act of Congress. Nixon went to China, after all. If we don’t remove them we will be overwhelmed by them. Soon.
Rubio is not even trying to get the votes of law-abiding Americans. He’s written off those who approve of the rule of law and insist on government following the Constitution. His appeal is to those who want to be rewarded for criminal behavior, and his campaign speech is “I’ve rewarded criminals before, I’ll reward you for your crimes too. Send me money and vote for me, and see how much you can grab as a reward.” The democrats and RINOs will love him.
Rubio, doubling down on never becoming the Republican candidate.
Tanks for reminding me Sen. Rubio. You would think he’d try to keep this episode in the memory hole.
I think underestimating Rubio is a mistake. I prefer Cruz but I think Rubio is in the same place on the Bell Curve IQ wise. He is not where I am on immigration but he is where the independents are and like it or not there are a lot of votes to be harvested there in a Republican primary.
Ha! Good one.
While Florida has been among the states with the most job growth, much of the increase has gone to immigrant workers — legal and illegal. Since 2000, more than half of the net increase in employment among the working age (16 to 65) has gone to immigrants, even though they accounted for only one-third of population growth among the working-age. Relative to other states, Florida ranked second in the nation in the increase in the number of 16 to 65 year olds holding a job, but ranked 34th in terms of the labor force participation of its native-born population in 2014. Perhaps most troubling, the labor force participation of Florida's working-age natives shows no improvement, even after the jobs recovery began in 2010. The total number of working-age natives (16 to 65) not working (unemployed or out of the labor market entirely) has increased 62 percent since 2000, and stood at 3.3 million in the first quarter of this year. Immigrants, on the other hand, have fared better; their labor force participation is higher now than in 2000 and has nearly returned to its 2007 level. Despite what can only be described as a bleak employment picture for natives in the state, many of Florida's biggest employers have lobbied for increases in the number of foreign workers, both skilled and unskilled, allowed into the country. Both of Florida's senators supported the Gang of Eight bill (S.744), which would have roughly doubled future legal immigration, on the grounds that there are not enough workers in the country. But employment data for the state do not support the idea that workers are in short supply. In fact, the available evidence indicates that there is an enormous supply of potential workers of every education level in the state. While the Gang of Eight bill is now considered politically dead by all observers, in the future Florida's political leaders should at least consider the employment situation in their state before supporting calls for significantly increasing the number of foreign workers allowed into the country. http://cis.org/jobs-in-florida-most-employment-gains-went-to-immigrants
[Well, I don’t know about others, but I’ve done more immigration than Hillary Clinton ever did]
* While Florida has been among the states with the most job growth, much of the increase has gone to immigrant workers — legal and illegal.
*Since 2000, more than half of the net increase in employment among the working age (16 to 65) has gone to immigrants, even though they accounted for only one-third of population growth among the working-age.
* Relative to other states, Florida ranked second in the nation in the increase in the number of 16 to 65 year olds holding a job, but ranked 34th in terms of the labor force participation of its native-born population in 2014.
* Perhaps most troubling, the labor force participation of Florida’s working-age natives shows no improvement, even after the jobs recovery began in 2010.
* The total number of working-age natives (16 to 65) not working (unemployed or out of the labor market entirely) has increased 62 percent since 2000, and stood at 3.3 million in the first quarter of this year.
* Immigrants, on the other hand, have fared better; their labor force participation is higher now than in 2000 and has nearly returned to its 2007 level.
* Despite what can only be described as a bleak employment picture for natives in the state, many of Florida’s biggest employers have lobbied for increases in the number of foreign workers, both skilled and unskilled, allowed into the country.
* Both of Florida’s senators supported the Gang of Eight bill (S.744), which would have roughly doubled future legal immigration, on the grounds that there are not enough workers in the country.
* But employment data for the state do not support the idea that workers are in short supply. In fact, the available evidence indicates that there is an enormous supply of potential workers of every education level in the state.
* While the Gang of Eight bill is now considered politically dead by all observers, in the future Florida’s political leaders should at least consider the employment situation in their state before supporting calls for significantly increasing the number of foreign workers allowed into the country.
http://cis.org/jobs-in-florida-most-employment-gains-went-to-immigrants
No, he is not on the same IQ as Cruz. Cruz is one we get only once a generation or so.(politician)
He has burned himself too badly with his disaster Gang of 8 nightmare. His supporters will swing to Cruz when he either reads the tea leaves or runs out of money.
That’s your opinion. My opinion is that Cruz and Rubio have similar intellects. A bit lower than yours.
You'd think. In the end it's probably a wash though, what he loses in Conservative votes, he gains in immigrant/hispanic.
“I’ve done more immigration than Hillary Clinton ever did,” Rubio said in an interview with NPR News released Tuesday.
“I mean, I helped pass an immigration bill in a Senate dominated by Democrats. And that’s more than she’s ever done. She’s given speeches on it, but shes never done anything on it,” the Florida senator said. “We still need to do immigration reform … and I think the American people are willing to do that and not until they know that future immigration is under control,” Rubio told Fox News’ Sean Hannity Monday.”
Some have said Rubio learned his lesson when the Gang of 8 amnesty bill went down in flames. It doesn’t sound that way to me. I supported this guy (financially) when he ran against Crist. I would never support him now.
Not my opinion but just go look up what Alan Dershowitz(former law prof for high level law courses at Harvard) about Ted Cruz. Called him off the charts brilliant and is not to be underestimated. His critical thinking and thought process is unmatched on capitol hill right now and any self professed intellectual reporter will get their head handed to them before this campaign is over.
I used to be a big supporter of Senator Marco but he is a has been with me now after his debacle “gang of 8” mess.
The majority of presidential candidates on both sides are bought and paid for shills for the illegal alien labor/invasion lobby.
The one politician who declares that they will play smackdown with mexico, builds and mans an effective border fortification between US and mexico, and strictly enforce existing immigration laws gets my vote
If a candidate can’t / won’t agree to that, then tell them to pack up their shit, move to mexico, and run for el presidente there.
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