Neither Marco Rubio Nor His Amnesty Plan Is Conservative

The New American ^ | 22 May 2013 | Jack Kerwick, Ph.D.

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Rubio's amnesty plan is debunked for the sham that it is.

Neither Marco Rubio Nor His Amnesty Plan Is Conservative

The New American
22 May 2013


Not so long ago, such conservative movement notables as Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and many of their colleagues were singing the praises of Florida Senator Marco Rubio. The latter, we have been told, is a rock-ribbed conservative and GOP star who could very well be the next president of the United States.

Doubtless, it is courtesy of the pivotal role that he's played in promoting the amnesty agenda of "the Gang of Eight" that accounts for why the enthusiasm for Rubio among movement celebrities at least appears to have cooled some. Hopefully, appearance here coincides with reality, for Rubio is not now, nor has he ever been, a conservative. His position on immigration is just the latest proof of this.

Yet it isn't just that Rubio has been tenaciously advancing amnesty for millions upon millions of illegal immigrants, though this is bad enough. What's worse is the dishonesty that he's shown in his pursuit of this end.

Rubio features in an ad that is played incessantly in Republican-friendly venues in which he tries to convince his party's base that his amnesty plan is "bold, very conservative, a tough line on immigration." But, observes Jon Feere from the Center for Immigration Studies, given "all the exemptions and waivers" contained in his bill, "it is difficult" to buy this.

Rubio also promises that for the 11 million or so amnestied immigrants, there will be "no federal benefits, no food stamps, no welfare, no Obamacare," and "they [will] have to prove that they're gainfully employed." Feere's response: "Rubio is simply wrong with these assertions." He explains: "Illegal immigrants are already receiving federal benefits and this bill would do nothing to stop that." Moreover, Rubio's plan "would actually extend greater amounts of benefits to illegal immigrants by giving them legal status."

Rubio claims that his plan deals with the problem of illegal immigration "once and for all," but as Feere points out, the 1986 amnesty on which Reagan signed off also promised to deal with this problem "once and for all." It failed abysmally to deliver. Why think things will be different now?

According to Rubio, his bill does not incite immigrants to come to America illegally. Feere remarks that, evidently, Rubio is not paying any mind to "border officials" who have testified to the contrary before Congress. Feere cites a Washington Times article in which Border Patrol Chief Michael J. Fisher's testimony before the Senate is relayed. Fisher is blunt: "We have seen an increase in attempted entries." The article continues: "He [Fisher] said part of the reason for an increase is that Congress is talking about legalizing illegal immigrants, which is luring more foreigners to try to be in the U.S. when amnesty takes effect."

Rubio's claim that amnesty is not "unfair to the people who have done it the right way" is just as bogus as his other assertions. Feere writes: "The reality is that illegal aliens get to stay in the country the moment they apply for amnesty." As soon as they pass "the simple background check, they receive legal status and nearly all the benefits of citizenship."

Rubio's ad calls for us to "stand" with him in putting an end to "de facto amnesty" while supporting "Conservative Immigration Reform." Feere replies that "Rubio wants to turn the de facto amnesty that we're currently experiencing as a result of non-enforcement of immigration laws into a de jure amnesty for millions of people who do not belong here." At the same time, he "asks you to 'stand' with him, but Rubio himself is standing with Obama, Napolitano, La Raza, the ACLU, and many other amnesty supporters who cannot be described as 'conservative' in any sense of the word."

Feere does a thorough job of exposing Rubio's comprehensive amnesty plan for the sham that it is. However, just a modicum of common sense is enough to see that Rubio and his accomplices in the Gang of Eight are trying to pull one over on us.

Our government has proven itself to be either incapable of or unwilling to enforce our immigration laws up until this point. Now, after Rubio and company heap new conditions upon the old law books, we're expected to believe that the government will finally do what it has neglected doing for decades.

But if you believe this, then you'll believe that Marco Rubio is a conservative.

[Third Person]

Heard him on Hannity this afternoon... Rubio sure is a fast talker.

[Mortrey]

Rubio had such promise.

Rubio is now offal.

No going back, bud.

[gaijin]

It’s the New American —they once said William F. Buckley was a Soviet spy, cuz some of the fools on the NYC cocktail circuit LIKED him.

But, eh....I have to agree with them, here. I’m not so sure Rubio REALLY is a Conservative.

Even if Rush (whom I love) is in love with him.

Rubio is zactly the type to, “GROW in office”.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Marco Rubio is a feckless political hack who has a bad case of overambition. He has now aligned himself with the devil and is committing political suicide. He thought he would glom onto a big issue and ride it into the Whitehouse in 2016. Now it will be a miracle if he can win a second senate term.

So long Marco. Its going to suck to be you.

[Tennessee Nana]

PING

[FlingWingFlyer]

He is also a liar.

He wants to drag the invaders "out of the shadows" so they can pay taxes. 52% of those living in this country DON'T PAY TAXES. What would put these invaders in the upper tax brackets that pay taxes? More than likely, they will all qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit and will be given free money every April 15th. Taxes on cigarettes and beer is not what I'd call "paying taxes".

He says that the illegal invaders won't be able to apply for welfare for years. Tell that to all the boys in the black robes sitting in the Federal courts. They'll tell you in a heartbeat that denying the invaders freebies and handouts is "unconstitutional". That will be thrown out within 10 minutes after the 8 Gangstas' amnesty bill is signed. La Raza won't stand for it.

He says that the invaders will have to pay fines. The 8 Gangstas put over 400 waivers in the bill to take care of that little problem for the invaders.

All Lies. Amnesty is not a conservative immigration plan.

[Tennessee Nana]

Rubio’s claim that amnesty is not “unfair to the people who have done it the right way” is

A BIG FAT LIE !!!

I did it the right way...

Its UNFAIR to me...

Rubio I’ll decide whats fair...

You dont speak for me sucker...

[mgstarr]

Extremely well said. He’s just another opportunist/political whore with no real conviction except what he calculates will elevate him. Another “it’s all about me” hack.

[RS_Rider]

Let’s elect two ineligible presidents in a row...shouldn’t hurt the nation at all.

[stilloftyhenight]

He is everywhere. Fox News gives him unprecedented air time and he fails. He’s dead, Jim. We haven’t just “cooled” in regards to Rubio, we’ve disowned him.

It isn’t just that he is pro-illegal, it’s also that he lied to us about the reform bill and continues to lie on the subject. That is an insult to our intelligence.

The politicians need to understand that we are paying close attention to everything they do. Their day of getting away with smoothe-talking is over. There will be consequences for their actions. They will be held accountable. They work for us, not the other way around. They need to get used to that idea.

[Smokeyblue]

FU Rubio. He’s a Trojan Horse.

Hispanic voting patterns don’t correlate to major immigration debates or legislation

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2013/05/hispanic-voting-patterns-dont-correlate-to-major-immigration-debates-or-legislation.php?ModPagespeed=noscript

Key elements of the Republican establishment insist that Republicans must support amnesty and a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants in order to make major inroads with Hispanic voters. But an analysis of the Hispanic vote in the last nine presidential elections does not support this claim. It shows, instead, that other considerations help explain how Hispanics vote.

Here is the Republican share of the Hispanic vote in those elections:

1980: 38 percent
1984: 37 percent
1988: 30 percent
1992: 29 percent
1996: 23 percent
2000: 36 percent
2004: 43 percent
2008: 32 percent
2012: 28 percent

During this 32 year period, the total Hispanic vote grew from about 1.5 percent of the electorate to nearly 12 percent.

Immigration (much less amnesty) wasn’t a significant issue in most of these elections. When it was, no clear pattern demonstrates its significance as a driver of the Hispanic vote.

In 1986, President Reagan signed an amnesty bill into law. In the next election, his vice president received only 30 percent of the Hispanic vote down from the 37.5 percent Reagan had averaged in the pre-amnesty days.

Less than two months before the 1996 election, President Clinton signed the Illegal Immigrant Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIR). Among other things, IIRIR tried to increase border security and deal more harshly with immigrants found to have entered the country illegally or to have overstayed their visa.

Hispanic voters did not punish Clinton in 1996 for signing IIRIR into law. In fact, the Republican share of the Hispanic vote dropped to 23 percent, its lowest during the nine-election period. It should be noted, though, that Clinton had threatened to veto punitive measures that would have barred the children of immigrant children from public schools. Republicans may also have felt some backlash among California’s Hispanic voters for supporting Prop 187 two years earlier.

[bobby.223]

He sure is...and all of it terrible bad for our side!!! He is NO conservative and we sure need a true one in 2016. I was 100000% for a Sarah Palin/ Allen West, (Until I found out just what kind of anti-conservative anti-American crap he is on the record for supporting), ticket in 2016 but now I don’t know who I would want to see along side Sarah.

[Mortrey]

Dahum!

You’re a wordsmith!
(wish I could’ve put it that way! Ouch!)

[so_real]

I liked him ... until he drank the kool-aid. He's fast-tracked himself to McCain RINO'ism. He'll have no support from me.

[Ray76]

The Conspirators

Senate “Gang of Eight”

Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
Michael Bennet (D-CO)

Marco Rubio (R-FL)
Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
John McCain (R-AZ)

House “Gang of Eight”

Luis Gutierrez (D-IL)
Xavier Becerra (D-CA)
Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
John Yarmuth (D-KY)

Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
John Carter (R-TX)
Sam Johnson (R-TX)
Raul Labrador (R-ID)

[Mortrey]

A father of one of the SEAL Team 6 who had been murdered (IMHO), during their presser the other day, was asked if he had gotten any interest from congresscritters—he said only Rubio.

But, then he said Rubio was going to talk to McCain about it, at which point the father of the SEAL said “thanks, but no thanks. We’ll try to do it ourselves.”

An indictment against McCain AND Rubio, for who he chooses to align himself with.

Rubio the RINO.

[Claytonbridge]

Wonder why we don’t adopt Mexico’s immigration policy ;-)

[SunkenCiv]

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  Latinos, should be a natural constituency for the party, Paul argued, but "Republicans have pushed them away with harsh rhetoric over immigration." ...he would create a bipartisan panel to determine how many visas should be granted for workers already in the United States and those who might follow... [and the buried lead] "Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers... [Rand Paul calls on conservatives to embrace immigration reform]

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• ...by softening its edge on some volatile social issues and altering its image as the party always seemingly "eager to go to war... We do need to expand the party and grow the party and that does mean that we don't always all agree on every issue" ... the party needs to become more welcoming to individuals who disagree with basic Republican doctrine on emotional social issues such as gay marriage... "We're going to have to be a little hands off on some of these issues ... and get people into the party," Paul said. [Rand Paul: Time for GOP to soften war stance]

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  One day after announcing on his radio show that he is "truly considering" running in 2014 for the U.S. Senate seat now held by New Jersey's Frank Lautenberg, Rivera amped up his message today in a television interview and a column on the Fox News Latino website... a moderate Republican who is fiscally conservative but also supports gay marriage and Roe v. Wade... [Geraldo Rivera declares himself a 'moderate Republican' as he eyes U.S. Senate run]

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[aimhigh]

When the bill pass, the country goes Democrat. When the country goes Democrat, guns will be outlawed.