Yes, it strikes me as anti-assimilation, anti-melting pot.
Not to mention, it comes across as pretty much as a wink-of-the-eye to the GOP’s joining with the Dems in completely ignoring the rule of law, and allowing the whole insane open-border policy of the past two decades.
My uncle never had the slightest bit of racism in him, but when telephone recordings started that “press one for Spanish” and when street signs in Spanish started popping up, he just exploded in fury. It was like a visceral slap in the face to him, an attack on his lifelong views of what constitutes America. The whole melting pot thing. He’d be mad as hell at Rubio for doing this. Would never forgive him, never support him, just due to this.
Amen to all you said. Very well stated.