U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is developing a wide-ranging immigration reform plan — including steps to give more than 12 million illegals currently in the U.S. legal status — in an effort to seize the initiative on a contentious issue that polls show is hurting the Republican Party with the nation’s rapidly growing Hispanic population.
Rubio laid out the broad outline of his plan in an interview with the weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal, at the same time President Obama announced he would push a comprehensive immigration plan of his own this March.
Surprisingly, both hold similar goals – creating a process in which undocumented workers in the U.S. can gain status and at the same time create a potential path to citizenship at some point in the future.
New York’s Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer predicted immigration will soon take center stage in Washington, sweeping other issues to the side.
“This is so important now to both parties that neither the fiscal cliff nor guns will get in the way,” Schumer, who heads up bipartisan Congressional efforts on immigration, told The New York Times.
Republican lawmakers have told Newsmax that Rubio’s plan could pass muster, even with immigration hardliners, if the plan included a significant restitution for illegals to pay and began taxing them for their work here.
Critically, Republicans want to ensure newly documented workers don’t get citizenship too soon, with many advocating a minimum 10-year window before newly legal residents could acquire citizenship.
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Fucking traitors the whole lot!
ReplyDeleteRidiculous, considering it takes 11 to 12 years to bring a sibling here legally. As far as produce, put the able bodied welfare recipients to work picking it. Two problems solved.
DeleteThey say this piece of shit was a up and comming star in the conservative circles, not in my book. Now we know where he stands!
ReplyDeleteSorry to rant but if we Americans don't think these people whom have trashed our nations laws, have not been voting in these past elections we are sadley mistaken.
ReplyDeletebeen voting in these past elections we are sadley mistaken.
DeleteHe was supposed to be a Tea Party man and absolutely above,
Now we see just why he is a "rising star". Doing the bidding of the masters always assures political success. Just another case of comparatively recent immigrants preferring ethnicity to the actual rule of law, or what is actually best for the country.
ReplyDeleteDoing the bidding of the masters always assures political success. Just another case of comparatively recent immigrants preferring ethnicity to the actual rule of law, or what is actually best for the country.
DeleteSad to say.
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ReplyDeleteRubio is a Bush family favorite, just another damned rino. If any Republican in my voting district votes or supports this crap I promise to vote to support their Democratic or independent opposition in the next election. I have had enough of the spineless cretins selling me out.
ReplyDeleteI doubt if they are finished selling either.
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