Rubio is a realist. He realizes that deporting millions of people including children is just not going to happen. If this type of measure had been passed when Bush was president and Republicans still controlled Congress, we would have tied up the Hispanic vote for the foreseeable future, but instead those sensible measures were defeated by the xenophobes on the right and now we are facing catastrophe.
When is National Security/Border Security “xenophobic”
For the few Hispanic voters we may get pushing Illegal Alien Amnesty (not all Hispanics want Amnesty)...we get a lot more conservative Dems who appreciate getting tough on Illegal Aliens...especially now that the major labor unions support Illegal Alien Amnesty
This “Illegal Alien Amnesty brings Hispanic Voters” is a myth pushed by the Liberal media...something that Fox News has picked up from MSNBC
Hispanics will not vote for GOP just because the GOP is willing to give Illegal Alien Amnesty. Puerto-Rican Americans could care less whether you give Illegal Mexicans and Dominicans “amnesty”...Cuban-Americans the same (they have their own immigration rules due to Castro/Communism).
And, if Illegal Alien Amnesty meant Hispanic votes....then how did McCain, who authored the 2007 Amnesty Bill...end up with 31% of the vote in 2008? (Romney had 27& in 2012)
I am a “realist” as well. When basic services are being slashed and capped, the people will notice that this is not the case for resident aliens. Reality will bite these folks in the rear ends.