The Marco Rubio Speech on Immigration That Everyone’s Talking About
- Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:00pm by
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Rising GOP star Sen. Marco Rubio (FL) gave an impressive speech on immigration Friday to the Hispanic Leadership Network conference, an event led by former Florida Governor Jeb Bush.
The Miami Herald reports that Sen. Rubio’s “sweeping” immigration speech took swipes at both Republicans and Democrats for playing politics with an issue so crucial to hispanics, calling for a compassionate approach for dealing with the issue of illegal immigration.
The presumptive top pick for running mate to any of the remaining Republican presidential candidates conquered an early challenge during his remarks, addressing a group of protesters at the event who stood and interrupted Sen. Rubio’s speech.
“Let me tell you guys something; these young men and women raise a very legitimate issue,” Sen. Rubio said. “They came here to a crowd that they know might not be kind to their point of view on issues. And they had the bravery and the courage to raise their voices. I thank God I’m in a country where I can do that and I want them to hear what I have to say.”
CBS Miami notes that in his speech, Sen. Rubio spoke of the main problem in immigration being how to balance and honor “our legacy of immigrants“ with ”our legacy as a nation of laws.”
“It’s impossible to walk a block in Miami, in Los Angeles, San Antonio without running into someone who is being deeply impacted by a broken legal immigration system,” Sen. Rubio told the conference.
Sen. Rubio had a message to fellow conservatives similar to comments he made earlier in the week when he denounced the language used an ad attacking Mitt Romney produced by the campaign of Newt Gingrich.
“For those of us who come from the conservative movement, we must admit that there are those among us who have used rhetoric that is harsh and intolerable, inexcusable, and we must admit, myself included, that sometimes we’ve been too slow in condemning that language for what it is,” Sen.Rubio sad.
“But at the same time, on the left there are those that are using this issue for pure politics creating unrealistic and unreasonable expectations among those in the Latino community across this country.”
Sen. Rubio did not directly address the DREAM Act, but said that “there is broad support in America for the notion that for those children that were brought here at a very young age, by their parents through no fault of their own, who have grown up here their entire lives, and now want to serve in the military or are high academic achievers and want to go to school and contribute to America’s future, I think there is broad bipartisan support for the notion that we should somehow figure out a way to accommodate them.
“Figure out a way to accommodate them in a way that does not encourage illegal immigration in the future.”
Sen. Rubio’s remarks Friday have received acclaim from several media commentators.
“GOP Golden Boy Marco Rubio revealed the magnitude of his star power today,” writes the Business Insider’s Grace Wyler. “Delivering an impassioned speech on immigration that showed exactly why he is the true heir apparent of the Republican Party.”
“Senator Rubio did little to disappoint the party’s faithful,” FIU Professor Ediberto Roman writes in the Huffington Post. “He was indeed impressive. Whether his impressive approach elevates the conversation and results in change that benefits this country is, however, still an open question. Nevertheless, his poise was remarkable.”
Fox News reports that even as Sen.Rubio called for a softer tone on immigration, he reiterated his emphasis for bi-partisan support for the need for a modernized system, a new Visa program, E-Verify, tougher border security and a functional guest worker program.
“I challenge the Republican nominees and all Republicans to not just be the anti-illegal immigration party,” he said. “That’s not who we are and that’s not who we should be, we should be the pro-legal immigration party.”
Here’s a transcript and video of Sen. Rubio’s speech:
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KidCharlemagne
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 11:51pmSomebody should make Marco Rubio take a polygraph sometime…..because whenever somebody asks him about whether or not he’d be in favor of rolling back birthright citizenship for anchor babies, then he suddenly either clams up entirely or changes the subject suddenly:
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“Birthright citizenship repeal: Rubio won’t say, other Senate candidates opposed
Posted Aug 5, 2010 by William March
Updated Aug 5, 2010 at 03:29 PM
Three of the four major U.S. Senate candidates say they oppose the idea of repealing the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of citizenship for anyone born on American soil, but Republican Marco Rubio hasn’t responded to a question about where he stands.”
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Partyof1
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 9:59amPeople continually ask him about being vice president. He is not legally qualify to be vice president as he is not a natural born citizen as defined by the sureme court which states that both parents must be citizens of the United States. At the time of his birth, both parents were non citizens. Same reason Obama doesn’t qualify as only one of his oparents was a citien,
idarusskie
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 12:23pmobama made it possible for him to serve. having only one citizen parent that was only 18 and they stll allowed him to serve.
Report Post »Don39
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 6:26pmThat is funny, I thought he just did!
Report Post »Dudemau
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 4:29pmFortunately the Supreme court is not the Constitution.
Report Post »Okie from Muskogee
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 11:46pmWe will never fix the immigration problem until we revert back to our founding principles and values. What was the immigration policy of the Founders?
Progressive taxing system on income creates a need for Government to know it’s subjects and ID them.
Socialized policies, SS Medicare/caid, creates the need for Government to know it’s subjects and ID them.
Limiting immigration creates more complication of immigration and creates a need for Government to ID it’s subjects.
In today’s society I can relate to those calling for a wall, deportation, and stricter immigration laws but I am not sure its the right thing to do. Some even call for a national ID and even go as far as bio-metric ID and I’m out on both of those ideas.
If we are honest, in today’s society Government demands your ID directly because of Progressive policies and the solution cannot be to create more Progressive policies bringing Government down even more into Americans lives.
Remember, Progressives first limited immigration and then used (encouraged) illegal immigration to over whelm the system (bankrupting debt) as well as getting YOU (bottom up) to beg the top to come down (ID/Wall).
It’s called herding……
Report Post »4truth2all
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 12:26pmYo Okie:
Grace brother,
Proverbs 24:11 Rescure those being led away to death;
hold back those staggering toward slaugther.
I understand the “hearding” mentality because I ‘know’ my enemy.
I will ask you you’re solution before I tell you mine …
Report Post »I will say this … we have a componded problem because it was/has not been delt with prior to now … the stupidity is ours.
Okie from Muskogee
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 1:48pm@4Truth2All
What’s good my friend!
I’m not sure there is a solution to this Progressive problem and believe Progressives caused it on purpose to help breakdown the system.
As a believer in Christ, I feel empathy for those wanting and willing to give their lives to come to the beacon of light on top of the hill and believe we should help them and allow them to come here. If we read the Statue of Liberty’s feet, and obtained that attitude our immigration policy would be different.
As an American in today’s society, I can see the problems illegal immigration causes on a socialist entitlement society as well as limiting immigration.
So honestly I’m not sure what will fix this problem and I think that was the goal. I would like to hear your thoughts.
Hope you are doing well. Thanks for dropping me a line! @Okiemuskogee33 if you ever get on the twitter….
Report Post »Mitchina
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 2:12pmYep, Yep, Yep. Just build a damn fence and get it over with. See, they won’t do that because it takes away their control/power – it’s too easy a solution that will work too effectively and our power hungry progressive gvt just LOOOOVES bureaucracies, BS and shineloa to hide their corruption behind.
Report Post »4truth2all
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 5:58pmYo Okie:
I agree there is a spirit of destruction to it that is demonic (and those that listen to it, progressive or not) and we must be careful not to listen to the demonic solution which will be ID cards and more control to US.
We should shut down the borders, this solves the continued influx of people. It also deals with terrorists and the out of control drug problem, and guns going south.
Then you need to deal with those who are already here in a fair but forceful manner. I would give every illegal 1 year to report to a manager in which they would have to go through a class learn some history and the English language to be able to communicate on a basic level ( children to) this would help deal with some of the problems in our schools due to kids not understanding the language. They would have to prove a history of employment and not being on welfare. They would be required to pay a fee and then be given a temporary citizenship and after 2 years and having a clean record become a citizen. If they do not report and are found out they are immediatly sent back and not allowed to return for 5 years. Anyone here within a year must return and go through the process, which should be made as easy as possible in order to function as an American.
It‘s like you’re own children … you enforce the laws/ you keep you’re word on them, but you also show them great kindness … there is a time where mercy is of no help “ there is a time for everything” Ecc.3:1…peace
Report Post »spasm
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 10:59pmOKIE FROM MUSKOGEE and 4TRUTH2ALL, Thank you….. that is all….
Report Post »Okie from Muskogee
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:15pm@4Truth2All
Good critique my friend. I agree with most of what you say but I ask, should we limit the amount of immigrants we bring here? Is there only so much room at God’s table or is there room for anyone wanting to sit down?
I’m not confident a wall will secure our border. I’d like to think it would but I also understand the will of people yearning to be free and to come here.
Why would the beacon on the hill and a country believing in God limit immigration and prevent those seeking to come partake in freedom?
As for terrorists, 100% of terrorists were here legally on visas.
Social Security is an National ID isn’t it for socialist entitlements?
So basically, the only reasons Government wants and needs to know who is here is progressive policies of entitlements, selfishness, and prejudices. It is all just a Progressive mess…
Report Post »4truth2all
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 5:31pmYo Okie:
Yes, what do you do when one more person on the lifeboat will sink it ???
I cannot sit the entire city down to my dinner table … we can “send out” what we cannot bring in.
I think “SPASM” want’s us to shut up… yo
Report Post »Okie from Muskogee
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 7:04am@4Truth2All
I would get out of the boat and float to allow that one in the lifeboat for that is what love is. 1 John 3:16-24
The bad thing about sending out is we must send it to the leaders of the countries those are fleeing which usually ends up squandered.
Basically we limit immigration to “preserve” our entitlements which could be argued as non-Christian (collectivism) and selfishness.
Why does the USA limit immigration? Why would a “Christian” Nation limit the number of people it will accept and share the God given blessing of freedom with? I cannot get a straight good Biblical answer for these….
There are two solutions: end entitlements and progressive taxing system or ID every subject and require citizens to carry papers for the police state. Until we choose one or the other we will be were we are now, a mess. I choose the first for the second violates every value and principle our country was founded upon.
I hope you saw how we Okie’s dunk round here….Blake Griffin over Perkins….All day bro! Appreciate you much, stay safe! Peace out….
Report Post »Dudemau
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 4:33pmYou are right, it is not the right thing to do. Giving freebies to Americans and non Americans alike is the root of the problem. You feed a stray cat you now have a pet cat.
Report Post »neiman1
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 11:36pmRubio sounds a lot like Newt on the issue. Forget the rhetoric of the impossible and discuss the reality of the reasonable.
Report Post »tradexpertbuysell
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 11:13pmAgree. Has to come out of the political realm folks. Legal steps are like gun ownership in NY. Very hard if not impossible for those that go through the process. Which I believe is intentional. You know. Create a crisis and then stoke it for all the political power you can get while good people wait for years to become citizens.
Rubio is not a shill for the establishment. Listen to what he is saying. He seeks to take the wind out of the progressive effort to polarize groups against each other.
Report Post »Eleutheria
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 6:00amAgreed.
Becoming a legal immigrant ought not require up to a decade of one’s life and thousands of dollars.
Report Post »bboop1934
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 2:26pmLove Marco Rubio….God bless him.
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 10:33pmRubio is an amnesty-supporting, open-border globalist. Always has been, always will be.
If he’s the VP pick, I won’t be voting for the GOP in 2012.
Report Post »Eleutheria
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 6:01amA globalist, really?
Report Post »FSM_47
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 11:44amand your choice would be? Stupid Comment
Report Post »btxxx
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 10:12pmIllegal is illegal just like dead is dead, pregnant is pregnant. You can’t be a little of any of them. You are or youre not.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 10:23pmSpeaking of pregnant. Can them illegal mexicans breed or what.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 10:28pmIllegal mexicans have perfected a system to invade this country. That system is to BREED. And boy howdy do they breed
Report Post »colt1860
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 2:26am@Dealer Here‘s God’s immigration policy:
And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it. And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man’s inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit. But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be ****** in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them. Numbers 33:53-56
God says, either they go, or we suffer their stay.
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 10:01pmBring our troops home…Then we can talk about immigration…God is good and just…While we are occuping other lands he sends people to occupy ours…assimulation is the biggest roadblock for hispanics to become citizens,they want their language and their flag and their ways on American soil…we cannot let those with that mindset to stay…bring our troops home…secure all our borders…then those that don’t know English…throw them the FK out
Report Post »Don39
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 6:34pm“god is good and just….throw them the FK out”
Report Post »How much validity does this tramp have?
ChasVoice
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:45pmRubio’s just another sock puppet for the establishment:
What’s a Neoconservative?
Report Post »http://chasvoice.blogspot.com/2012/01/whats-neoconservative.html
RepubliCorp
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 11:26pmCan your NeoLib ever be president?
Report Post »http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/angry-white-man?id=e2f15397-a3c7-4720-ac15-4532a7da84ca
Wont happen…..
modilly
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:44pmA casual read (if that be possible) of The Law of Nations” informs one that Rubio is NOT natural born.
Report Post »http://www.pixi.com/~kingdom/lawintro.html
The media keeps harping on him being veep so that Obama can be excused.
Babci
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 11:49pmAmen, Modilly. Rubio is not eligible…and he should say it.
Report Post »Romanticpoet
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 6:12amNeither is Romney. Parents from Mexico.
Report Post »Don39
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 6:45pmWhat ? You mean he was delivered by cesarin section? Or under water? Or came out backwards? That is what natural born means to most idiot that support Rubio, Romney, or the other Unconstitutionally qualified candidates they want to elect. Either that or the idiots think that the 14th amendment changed Article II, Section 1 and just forgot to mention its intent! May God save the Constituional Republic, the stupid american voters and could care less crowd will not and there just does not seem to be enough old fashioned patriots and America lovers left!
Report Post »onetruepatriot
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:37pmRubio is turning out to be another disappointment. My God, is there anyone or anything you can trust anymore?!?
Rubio…another RINO in the making.
Report Post »modilly
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:47pmYou know the answer to your question about trust: The one who has said the same things for years and backed it up with his record in the Congress.
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 12:10amYou said it, Modilly.
Report Post »ares338
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:32pmIllegal means just that…….ILLEGAL!!!!
Report Post »colt1860
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 2:04amIt’s beyond illegal now. IMHO, it’s an invasion.
Report Post »confederacyofdunces
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:30pm“If we wanted to secure the border, we could have done it by now.” True!. I think the real problem is that the politicians know that SOMEONE is getting into office. That person needs us to put him there but collects money from some very powerful special interest groups who want the “cheap labor”.
Report Post »From an economic standpoint it seems to make sense for businesses to use illegal labor, it can help keep the profits high enough to avoid moving production to China. It can help construction projects win bids or stay within budget. This helps keep the tax base higher.Cheap labor was what helped make America strong. We had child labor, no safety standards, no workers comp/ disability to make a productive manufacturing environment.
Gee it seems Illegal labor is great for America except for the little bitty fact that they cost the rest of us money and resources. American taxpayers subsidize the cost of this ghost work force through the “free education”, Social services, and “free emergency health care”. American workers are being displaces more and more by a growing ghost work force.
I can speak through experience that everybody is using crews of illegal Mexican labor on construction sites. They do not care about safety standards so they are willing to work under very dangerous situations without complaint. They are cheaper. The tasks are kept as simple as possible so workers can be replaced quickly. Workers know they will be replaced so they work reasonably
TheCenturion
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:29pmMarco……. Polo.
He will quickly lose favor with conservatives with that kind of stance.
Illegal is ILLEGAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Period. If your “child” was in Mexico, or Iran, or China ILLEGALLY, what would happen to them?
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:29pmIllegal is illegal.. This country had to use their taxpayer dollar to build how many holding places for illegal, and now just sit unused. Why?? America demands illegals to follow the rules, and if Rubio thinks we will soften our hearts for the illegal who has helped bankrupt our system.. he’s got another think coming.. not if legal born American‘s can’t get what this government has given to the illegal. I am sick to death of the illegal getting medical surgeries that I myself and others cannot get.. I don’t have insurance, I have bad knees but I can’t get any help, but a illegal I know got both of his replaced. Now he isunder investigation for making money… drugs.. plus more. Yet, I who has never been in trouble with the law cannot get help! Send em home.. do the paper work and then they can come back, if they have no criminal background. God help us!
Report Post »trench99
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:28pmI love you Marco Rubio, but you are not realizing the problem here. If I go and rob a bank then give the money to my children, then get caught can my kids keep the money? Of course not because it wasn’t mine to give. If the illegals have been here for so many years, yet not obtained legal status, how then can they pass on the benefit of legal status? They cannot. They all must go. We must be a nation of laws.
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:28pmBreaking news!!!! Herman Cain is supporting Newt “big gov progressive” Gingrich. The Tea Party is officially dead, but they were when they threw their support to Herman “Federal Reserve” Cain. The conservative movement is a joke and the libertarian right like myself are left without a candidate.
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 10:35pmWho cares about Herman Cain, he’s irrelevant.
Report Post »Don39
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 6:50pmAre you tired of trying to usurp the conservative movement for your pot head drug sniffing libertarian movement? Yes? GOOD!
Report Post »llotus
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:26pmDisapointed. AGAIN. Lotus.
Report Post »KangarooJack
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:20pmRubio talk reminds me of the Great Coleman Young and the even greater Kwame Kilpatrick – Detroit Mayors….
Been to Detroit lately????
Report Post »dsind
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:17pmThis guy is cool!
Report Post »teammommy
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:09pmI dont think immgration system is broken….the problem is the lack of enforcing these laws. Am I wrong about this?
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:20pmNo your not. Rubio rode the coat tails of the Tea Party, but now he shows his true RINO colors. He supports Susan G. Komen events and any true conservative would know that SGK is a progressive organization pushing a liberal political agenda.
Report Post »restorehope
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:28pmNo, the immigration system is not broken. Generations of people have come to America the legal way and worked hard to become good citizens. They did not get special favors from bleeding-heart liberals who play favorites on who gets citizenship.
These libs favoring Mexican illegals do not extend their largesse to citizens from other countries, however. You do not hear them screaming that Africans or Europeans should be allowed to sneak into the country or ‘cut in line’ before those who have been waiting a long time to enter legally.
The libs want to court the Hispanic vote and what better way than to bribe them with unearned citizenship. Their social justice stance is hypocritical. They don’t care about the safety of Americans living near the border…..not when it is so easy to jam the ballot boxes with Hispanic votes. How shameful.
Report Post »idarusskie
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 12:31pmyes you are wrong.
My wife came here( not Mexico) and it took her 1 year to get her fiance visa waiting in country and about 2 years to get her green card after she got here. 5 years to get citizenship even though the law allows 3 years. This is for a rubber stamp green card. The USCIS can not even do a change of address correct. Every step of the way I had the write my senators to get them off the dime.
On the bright side it took longer to get my mother-in-law here. :)
Report Post »Teabggr
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:09pm@Restorehope Well said!
Report Post »ehbardin
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:06pm@ AMYBROWN
Thanks for the tip, maybe we’ll cross paths sometime…
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:56pmIf you didn’t come through the front door,you are a home invader,not an immigrant…ask Native Americans how a passive immigration policy works out…I have Native American blood in my veins,but I’m sure they would still scalp my white a$$
Report Post »glockrussman
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:09pmWell said!
http://www.killingusbydegrees.com
Report Post »Don39
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 6:59pmLike most of us you probably have many strains of blood in your veins, so what? I agree with the part about the front door. Inmost places it is legal to one entering illegally, wheather by any dorr or by window, and especially by the dead of night!
Report Post »Don39
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 7:03pmIn most places shooting an illegal entrant ,wheather through any door or window, especially in the dead of night, is legal!
Report Post »KangarooJack
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:36pmNewt & Mitt continue to have their post honeymoon tiffs. Mitt throws in ‘hey, my relatives are from Mexico’. Newt won’t throw grandma out.
Santorum said it BEST! When your VERY FIRST ACT IN COMING TO AMERICA IS TO BREAK THE LAW what kind of American’s will you be?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 10:02pmand that is why I am voting for Santorum on Tuesday!
Report Post »idarusskie
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 12:36pmHaving brought my mother-in-law over, I can say: not many grandmas need or want to work. Mitt was right our problem is not 11,000,000 grandmothers.
Report Post »Don39
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 7:07pmWe could do a lot worse than Santorum, come to think of it we are doing a whole bunch worse than Santorum!
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:32pm“I challenge the Republican nominees and all Republicans to not just be the anti-illegal immigration party,” he said. “That’s not who we are and that’s not who we should be, we should be the pro-legal immigration party.”
Tell me what the difference is…You are against illegal immigration or not. You cannot talk out of both sides of your mouth Marco. I am very Pro legal immigration. I am also against one single immigrant that is here illegally. Old, infirmed or otherwise…They are ILLEGAL! i do not give quarter to people who rob from my country and break our laws. If that is wrong, so be it. You will never change my mind.
We could fix this in ONE YEAR if we wanted to. But the Dems and Progressives do NOT want it fixed like you say. The progressives do not want us to have secure borders. Sorry Marco, you are wrong. You are engaing in division as much as Obama is, but you are doing it in your own party. You are using rhetoric too my friend…You say there is no magic solution…BULLCRAP! There is! Send the illegals home and fix the system quickly and firmly…
You speak of complications of Visas and difficulties in agricultural workers. You are right that we need a way to get those problems repaired. But we cannot keep the illegals here, they must go! You want to change the system, well start with the removal of illegals. Ask them to go home. You start. I will help drive the buses!
All in all your speech will tickle the ears of some. Light Denogogory..
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:43pmBADDOGGY: What the heck did Rubio say? He wants illegals to become legal? What? I’m with you BADDOGGY, deport ALL illegals. I have no problem with people from other countries wanting to come to America to make a better life for themselves, but DO IT THROUGH LEGAL CHANNELS! You know, I thought Mr. Rubio was one-of-the-few. Color me stupid! Next VP my sweet aunt.
Report Post »restorehope
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:53pmAllowing the children of illegal immigrants who were born here to remain here (a more or less free ride) is wrong. It teaches these children that breaking the law is acceptable if there is some gain in it for them. It fosters the idea that you can make your own rules whenever it suits you. I think that the sins of the fathers should be made apparent to their children as an object lesson.
These children should not rewarded by citizenship and all the entitlements it offers based solely on their fathers law-breaking. Let these people go back to their legal country and apply for citizenship in the proper manner. Do we really offer more cookies to a child who has been caught stealing from the cookie jar? No, that child has to be taught that stealing is unacceptable.
Report Post »ModerationIsBest
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:01pmThis border issue transcends party. We’ve been talking about “Securing the border” for generations yet we still have this problem whether it’s republican or democrat.
If we wanted to secure the border, we could have done it by now.
Report Post »aconstitutionalistlivesinbrooklyn
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:37pm@baddoggy
I believe you are reacting way too heatedly. As Rubio pointed out, part of the reason for illegal immigration is that the legal immigration system is broken and way too many politicians want to not fix the legal immigration system, because either they want to appeal to your emotions on the right, or create a bigger more hostile underclass on the left. You acting this way plays right into the Progressives’ hands. Rubio is offering an approach that is our only way out for a united stronger people that lives by our American principles. He gave no details how this should be done, but strengthening the border and following our laws wre two items he did include’ Please remember, nothing good ever happens when you act out of anger.
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Posted on January 29, 2012 at 1:54am@aconstitutionalistlivesinbrooklyn I understand what you mean here, but they come here because of the incentives provided and lack of legal enforcement. Our legal immigration policies are not bad or lacking. We allow more immigrants into this country, from all over the world, than any other country, or even a few nations combined. And we offer them the best opportunities and services. Like I said, the incentives is what drives the illegal aliens here the most. Healthcare, education, jobs, rent, houses, bank accounts, ETC. ETC. ETC. whether for them or their kids. This is due to the Big Government welfare system and progressive Government that is corrupt and traitorous to the AMERICAN people.
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