Thread: New Marco Rubio Book Promotes Immigration Reform

Tuesday, 06 Jan 2015 05:58 PM
By John Blosser

With one eye on a White House run in 2016, Sen. Marco Rubio, who pitched a comprehensive immigration reform plan last year which passed the Senate but never made it to a House vote, has unveiled a new multi-part plan in his upcoming book, "American Dreams," that includes everything but a pathway to citizenship.

"On the one hand, calls to grant amnesty to twelve million people are unrealistic and quite frankly irresponsible," the Florida Republican writes, according to Politico, which obtained an advance copy of the book, due for release on Jan. 13.

"On the other hand, not a single opponent of the Senate bill I helped author proposed that we try to round up and deport twelve million human beings."

Instead, Rubio proposes a three-step plan: first, upgrade enforcement measures; second, switch from a "family-based" immigration" policy to a "work-and-skill-based" system, with more visas for those with high tech skills and a guest worker program and, third, deal with the 12 million illegal aliens already in the country, Politico reports.

This would involve registration of all illegal aliens and deportation of those who have committed serious crimes, issuing "temporary, non-immigrant visas" to those qualified, which would require background checks, paying a fine and learning to speak English, and then, a decade's wait before those people could apply for permanent residency, during which time illegal aliens would have to pay taxes and could not collect government benefits.

The enforcement part of Rubio's suggested program would involve securing the "most vulnerable and trafficked sectors of the southern border, mandatory E-verify and the full implementation of an entry-exit tracking system," the National Journal, which also obtained a pre-release copy of the book, reports.

Rubio admits that a comprehensive immigration plan, such as the one he sponsored, is "not realistic," the National Journal reports.

"We must begin by acknowledging, considering our recent experience with massive pieces of legislation, achieving comprehensive immigration reform of anything in a single bill is simply not realistic. Having tried that approach, I know this to be true firsthand.

"This three-step plan is not only the best way to reform our immigration system, it is, in my opinion, the only approach that has any chance of success," the National Journal quotes Rubio.

"Our immigration system, designed primarily to reunite families, is an outdated relic of the last century. This system worked for much of the 20th century, when we had no shortage of low-skill, middle-income jobs and the government safety net was still fairly limited.

But today we have low to nonexistent growth, a shortage of good jobs and a massive web of needs-based programs," Rubio writes.

He blasts Obama for stating that the border was "as secure as ever," and notes, "This fallacy was dramatically exposed when portions of our southern border were essentially overrun in the early part of 2014," Rubio writes.

He also accuses Obama of "simply ignoring, suspending, rewriting and violating the law through executive action. All of these things have left many to conclude that, no matter what enforcement mechanisms are written into law, this administration will simply ignore them.

"The result is a stalemate on an issue of critical importance," the National Journal quotes Rubio.

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/new.../06/id/616834/

"On the one hand, calls to grant amnesty to twelve million people are unrealistic and quite frankly irresponsible," the Florida Republican writes, according to Politico, which obtained an advance copy of the book, due for release on Jan. 13.

You are a two faced liar Marco Rubio and the United States will suffer terribly if we ever have the misfortune to have you in the White House.

W

Our U.S. Congress members obviously have too much free time on their hands. Since when do they have time to write books. Representing and supporting the will of their constituents should be a full time job. After all, that is what we expect of them and pay them for! They are not paid to run around the country rallying illegal aliens, set up training programs for illegals, give private lectures, and write books, etc., etc. Serving their constituents is supposed to be a full time job. Come on, these people are getting payed, including perks like healthcare, dental care, housing allotments, meal allotments, travel per diem, etc., above $200,000 a year. I believe a House Reps base salary is around $174,000 a year (Senator's earn more). I'm guessing that some of these folks are making over 1 million a year from activities that do not include serving the people, such as private investments (with inside information), lectures(up to 15% of salary), book writing, and guest appearances on news shows. Once in office, members of Congress enjoy access to connections and information they can use to increase their wealth, in ways that are unparalled in the private sector. Congressmen can get away with the type of insider trading that would send you or I to prison. They go into hearings, and confidential meetings with business interests, understanding new legislation is going to come out in the near future, and are free to trade on that information (yep, it's legal for them to do so). Most of us are being represented by folks who are the elite of the financial elite.

Rubio is currently one of the poorest members of Congress, however, if we allow him to remain in office, he'll remedy that situation in future years ....... you can bet on it! It's a known fact that the U.S. Congress is a millionairs club with over 50% of them being millionairs. Many of them that have been there the longest appear to be among the wealthest.

Sorry for the unrelated rant. Just got angry when I read about another illegal alien supporting congressman increasing his wealth off the back of those he is supposed to represent.

Originally Posted by ALIPAC

You are a two faced liar Marco Rubio and the United States will suffer terribly if we ever have the misfortune to have you in the White House.

W

I can't imagine him being elected to the White House. Of course, with that said, before the enactment of NAFTA, I would have never imagined we would be where we are today on the issues of border security and illegal immigration. Nothing on those two issues surprise me anymore. Who would have every thought a sitting President of the United States would take it upon himself to amnesty over 5 million illegals without the approval of the U.S. Congress?

I always get a kick of chagrin when someone who hasn't accomplished anything wants to write a book about something they know nothing about.