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Marco Rubio calls Obama immigration order a 'short-term answer'(RINO)
latimes ^ | June 15, 2012, 9:51 a.m. | Lisa Mascaro and Matea Gold

Posted on 06/15/2012 12:14:00 PM PDT by Red Steel

WASHINGTON -- Republican Sen. Marco Rubio-- whose reaction to the Obama administration’s immigration order will likely be one of the most closely watched of his party-- issued a carefully worded statement Friday that called for helping young illegal immigrants but criticized the president’s approach.

“There is broad support for the idea that we should figure out a way to help kids who are undocumented through no fault of their own, but there is also broad consensus that it should be done in a way that does not encourage illegal immigration in the future,” the Florida senator said. “This is a difficult balance to strike, one that this new policy, imposed by executive order, will make harder to achieve in the long run.

“Today’s announcement will be welcome news for many of these kids desperate for an answer, but it is a short-term answer to a long-term problem,” he added. “And by once again ignoring the Constitution and going around Congress, this short-term policy will make it harder to find a balanced and responsible long-term one.”

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TOPICS: Front Page News
KEYWORDS: dreamact; obama; rino; rubio; rubiodreamact
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To: Red Steel

Maybe Marco (Juan McCain) Rubio really isn’t a citizen. He sure as hell has no understanding of the separation of powers clause in the Constitution.


41 posted on 06/15/2012 12:37:01 PM PDT by Steamburg (The contents of your wallet is the only language Politicians understand.)
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To: DallasSun

Apparently you are very often amazed.


42 posted on 06/15/2012 12:37:18 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: Red Steel

Well, well, well, the issue that drove the RepubLICKans out of control of the house and Senate back around 2006 or so - illegal immigration - rears its ugly head again.

I want these invaders OUT of MY COUNTRY! Is that so hard for the Republican party to understand?


43 posted on 06/15/2012 12:38:21 PM PDT by meyer (It's 1860 all over again - the taxpayer is the new "N" word)
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To: skeeter

Alas, both parties see the constitution as a bunch of suggestions (the GOP a little less often than the Democrats, but still...).

Hey, if these kids are too spoiled to live in Mexico from whence they were brought, then offer a class, Living In Mexico 101, for them. Mexico considers them Mexicans anyhow.


44 posted on 06/15/2012 12:39:02 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Let me ABOs run loose Lou!)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

It took me years to “follow due process and become a citizen”

Put these kids at the end of the damn line and if they don’t like that send them home.

thinking........

Just send them home, I am so tired of criminal behavior being rewarded. Damn tired


45 posted on 06/15/2012 12:39:07 PM PDT by BornToBeAmerican (Things aren't as good as they should be and its Obama's fault, the resident said)
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To: Mount Athos
We changed immigration policy because Obama say so, not because the law changed. He refuse to enforce the law as sworn to do. What is coming next

Well, if he has now arrogated the powers of a dictator who promotes the rights of lawbreakers over US citizens, what's to stop him from deciding to toss US citizens out of the country (or throw them in jail, or worse)?

46 posted on 06/15/2012 12:41:42 PM PDT by BlatherNaut
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To: skeeter

Oh skeeter, no.. Takes alot to amaze me. I have lived many years and been active in Texas politics for a long time. I have worked for and with politicians and the Republican party here. Takes alot to amaze me. I just do not understand the changes here. First we were aghast at perjury. Now, we favour perjury. First, we were condemning politicians for waiting to see which way the wind blows. Now we are for it. Next, dogs and cats will be sleeping together. What do I know?


47 posted on 06/15/2012 12:42:03 PM PDT by DallasSun (Courage~Fear that has said its prayers.)
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To: DallasSun
Next, dogs and cats will be sleeping together. What do I know?

Well dog my cat!


48 posted on 06/15/2012 12:44:22 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Let me ABOs run loose Lou!)
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To: DallasSun
What do I know?

More than your posts reveal, I'm sure.

49 posted on 06/15/2012 12:45:27 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh
Politically, a brilliant response. HUH??? brilliant?? you have to be kidding. It is just a duplicitous type of response that any unprincipled politician would give.

His response is a joke.

50 posted on 06/15/2012 12:47:52 PM PDT by sand88
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To: BornToBeAmerican

I just emailed Romney to forget Rubio as VP..no soup for you if you select Rubio.


51 posted on 06/15/2012 12:48:03 PM PDT by Oldexpat
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To: Red Steel

Rubio is a scumbag. Hopefully this latest gaffe, this pat on the back for Ubama, will end for good any talk about Rubio filling Romney’s VP slot. I will not be voting for Romney under any circumstances, but I am hoping that his VP choice will at least give me something to be hopeful about if Mittens wins.


52 posted on 06/15/2012 12:48:51 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: BlatherNaut
what's to stop him from deciding to toss US citizens out of the country (or throw them in jail, or worse)?

Too late he has already had America citizens killed without arresting them or trying them in court.

53 posted on 06/15/2012 12:49:41 PM PDT by Ratman83
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To: Mount Athos
You really don't want to know.But it is going to be bad for us.

And while you are at it, don't let Limbaugh and the "obama is going to lose by a landslide" crowd or the "Democrats are worried" crowddelude you into a false sense of security.

Barring Divine intervention, obama will win the election. The Democrats are not the least worried about their chances of winning in November. Why? They know that the Republican Party will and has done everything in its power to bring it about. If they thought Romney had a snowflake's chance in hell of beating obama, he would not have been ordained by them.And they also have the fool,traitor,parasite, and self hating White Liberal vote sewed up.

54 posted on 06/15/2012 12:52:08 PM PDT by sport
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To: HiTech RedNeck

LOL...I need one of those!


55 posted on 06/15/2012 12:57:54 PM PDT by DallasSun (Courage~Fear that has said its prayers.)
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To: skeeter

Oh, goodness. I do hope so, skeeter.


56 posted on 06/15/2012 12:59:31 PM PDT by DallasSun (Courage~Fear that has said its prayers.)
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To: Red Steel

Blast President Obama for Amnestying Illegal Aliens

https://www.numbersusa.com/phones?ID=14050

White House Comment Line: 202-456-1111

(if the comment line is not working, please call the White House switchboard: 202-456-1414).

If you are particularly outraged, you may call both.


57 posted on 06/15/2012 1:00:59 PM PDT by Smokeyblue
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To: Froggie

If you wait for Mittens to please you with a Veep choice, you will be holding out your hand for crumbs. And whether it be now or later, he will make you wish you had never voted for this backstabbing Rino.

Help conservatives down ticket and call it a day.


58 posted on 06/15/2012 1:03:13 PM PDT by Mountain Mary (Head toward the sound of the guns in Wisconsin!)
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To: Red Steel
"Good cop, bad cop."

I doubt this was an off-the-cuff dumb statement by Rubio. Could end up as another "eat the dog" moment for Zero.

59 posted on 06/15/2012 1:04:20 PM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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To: Red Steel
Boy, I know I'll get flamed for this, but here goes. Parsing legal terminology, there is a claim to saying minors should not be considered illegal or criminal aliens. Point being, a crime involves a criminal act with criminal intent. Our legal system normally considers minors incapable to form the requisite intent to commit a crime except under certain circumstances. As such, the Federal Juvenile Delinquency Act provides that a juvenile under the age of 18 is not considered to have committed a "crime" but rather an act of "delinquency."

If a 3 year old is carried across the border by his/her parents, the parents are definitely committing a criminal act and should be treated as such. However, the child is another matter. Personally, I believe that, under the law, the child has not committed a "crime." However, I also believe that upon their 18th birthday, if they choose to remain in the United States knowing that they do not have legal status, they have committed a crime and are illegal. As a fellow member of the bar I would think that Sen. Rubio sees that as an issue too. I would also agree with him that how you handle that issue should not be the subject of presidential fiat but belongs within the purview of congress.

In reading Sen. Rubio's statement, and not just the headlines of the main stream media's interpretation of his statement, I think he is pointing out that while there may be an issue there to consider, congress should be the ones to act on it and it is dangerous for the president to be issuing these decrees unilaterally. I really don't see the problem with the statement.

60 posted on 06/15/2012 1:04:45 PM PDT by Armando Guerra
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