Posted on 06/14/2013 6:20:53 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Marco Rubio: We need to legalize immigrants so they can pay for border security June 13, 2013 | 10:00 pm
Why is it necessary to legalize the roughly 11 million currently-illegal immigrants in the U.S. before newly enhanced border security and internal enforcement measures are in place? Sen. Marco Rubio, the leading Republican on the Senate’s Gang of Eight, says part of the reason is that the federal government can’t afford to secure the border on its own and needs financial help from the immigrants themselves, in the form of fines paid when they are legalized.
Rubio made the statement during a radio interview after he voted against an amendment from Republican Sen. Charles Grassley that would have put off legalization until after the border is secure — a position supported by majorities of voters across the political spectrum. Host Andrea Tantaros asked Rubio why he opposed something that was important “to so many in the Republican party?”
Rubio’s first reason was that the U.S. has no other choice than to legalize the 11 million. Enhancing security first would take an estimated four years, and Rubio declared, “We cannot wait another four years with 11 million people living in this country illegally without knowing who they are or why they’re here.”
But there was another reason. “We need to register them as soon as possible, not just to keep the problem from getting worse, but we’re going to require them to pay a fine, and that’s the money that we are going to use to pay for the border security,” Rubio explained. “If we don’t get that fine money from the people that have violated our immigration laws, then the American taxpayer is going to have to pay for border security.”
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Why not? What concievable difference would another four years make other than to enhance border security?
If I could speak to him personally, I’d tell him “Give it up, dipshit. You fake piece of crap.”
“Marco Rubio: We need to legalize immigrants so they can pay for border security”
How does that square with your comment there would be no amnesty without border security first? Does the same hold for benefits i.e. do we give them amnesty so they can pay for their benefits too?
BS alert, total BS.
if you legalized them... they will drain so many social services that you will NEVER be able to pay for border security!
The Russian government built an Iron Curtain (likewise with the Chinese Bamboo Curtain) that lasted for decades.
No one in this country can tell me we couldn’t secure a damned border 3000 miles long if need be in a couple of years. NOT ONE PERSON
What did they promise you, Marco? What did they threaten you with? Or are you really at heart, just another lying, power hungry pol?
Rubio speak with forked tounge!
Our leaders are surrounded by armed guards and no longer fear the people.
“When the people fear the government you have tyranny, when the government fears the people you have liberty.” Jefferson
DUH!
The more Rubio talks, the worse he sounds. The NSA must have something juicy to blackmail him with.
Think of all the other things the govt. finds money for...are you friggin serious? Coulter is best on this Rubio mess...I hope she tweets a response.
“We cannot wait another four years with 11 million people living in this country illegally without knowing who they are or why they’re here.”
Anyone care to count the number of lies Rubio crammed into that one sentence.
First one is easy - 11 million people is more like 30 + million illegal aliens already here plus about 50 million more who will be eligible to come in for family reunification ( and who can prove or disprove claims of being a family of people from a third world country with no serious record keeping).
I’ve heard lately, from Rush I think....he was talking about Ethnic Allegiance or something like that. The basic appearance that even Hispanic origin citizens here feel a kinship with their fourth world cousins that transcends allegiance to America. IOW, give them citizenship, bedamned the impact or costs.
While Rush pooh-poohed it as liberal disinformation, I am not so willing to discount that tenet.
Ahh, Marco Rubio. There you are. Where was the real Marco Rubio when you were running for office? Just kidding...smart not to let republicans know the truth about you. And, look at you now, “Conservative” Marco Rubio, hahahaha! What a hoot! Fooled ‘em again, didn’t you Marco.
Marco Rubio: We need to legalize immigrants so they can pay for border security
Does this come before or after we pass the bill so we can find out what is in it?
Yes, because I completely trust the government to use the fine money on a fence.
We can pay for Border Security by not providing arms to Al Qaeda in Syria, you dolt.
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