[Olog-hai]

Hmm. What are prisons filled with? Humans, not demons or aliens. Human beings, but not “just like us”. If Rubio is using his mother as an excuse, then that makes his about-face even more vile.

[tumblindice]

Illegal immigrants, she said, are “human beings just like us,”

“Why do you rob banks Willie?”
“`cause that’s where the money is.” Willie Sutton

[sickoflibs]

RE “Marco Rubio’s softening stance toward immigration reform boils down to his mom, a new profile of the fast-rising Florida senator reveals.
“Don’t mess with the immigrants, my son,” Oriales Garcia Rubio told her youngest son during a Dec. 21 phone call, Time magazine reports. Illegal immigrants, she said, are “human beings just like us, and they came for the same reasons we came. To work. To improve their lives.”
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Rubio now endorses a path to citizenship — something he once derided as “code for amnesty” — and that could alienate supporters who favor a tougher stance on illegal immigration.
He’s pledged to walk away from any new bills that don’t reflect conservative values, and emphasizes that the undocumented have no right to stay in the United States.
He also has vowed to oppose bills that reward immigrants for breaking the law, and says people have a right to be upset that illegals are able to get taxpayer-funded benefits”

Message to Rubio’s Mom : Who is going to pay for all the benefits they will automatically get and will demand more when they get the vote?

Rove claimed that the Rubio Senate compromise bill will give these candidates NO benefits while under probation and will take 10 years probation before approved illegals get naturalized. .
And Rub says he will reject a bill that doesn’t have that type of stuff in it.

So lets see the Senate bill with an open mind wink-wink.
Then lets kill it in the Senate no matter whats in it and then blame Obama for the failure. Its his Senate.

[Georgia Girl 2]

“Rubio took his mother’s words to heart, and says they are shaping his work on immigration. “

Well that and he needs a big accomplishment to catapult his 2016 presidential run.

[itsahoot]

Bank Robbers Illegal immigrants, she said, are “human beings just like us, and they came for the same reasons we came. To Rob Banks work. To improve their lives.”

What Difference Does it Make?

[Ohioan]

The way to respond to Rubio's immigration stance is not to revile him or his mom. Think positive. I suggest the conversation that Conservatives should be having with him in Whither American Conservatism?.

If you insult people, their supporters circle the wagons. If you argue for preserving the fundaments of American culture, some will still circle the wagons, but others will listen.

Incidentally, for those who do not know this: Jefferson purchased Louisiana precisely for the purpose of protecting the Anglo/Celtic coastal cultures from the Hispanic. He did not disrespect anyone. He understood that we are not all interchangeable, however. (To put it very simply, whom do you think had a clearer understanding of nations, history & culture, Jefferson or Clinton, Bush or Obama?)

We need to have a fuller discussion of these questions, and not let the Leftist media intimidate us into walking on eggs, as it were.

William Flax