Posted on 10/20/2014 1:19:42 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) plans to introduce legislation that would ban new visas for people from the three countries affected by the Ebola epidemic; Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. In a statement from his office on Monday, Rubio described a visa ban as a "common sense" restriction.
"While Ebola’s deadly reach has proven to be a complex and unique international challenge, the many uncertainties surrounding this virus continue to threaten U.S. national security," Rubio said. "Our biggest priority is ensuring that sufficient safeguards are in place to limit the spread of Ebola, contain it at the source, and protect Americans."
Many health experts and officials have come out against imposing travel restrictions on the three nations that are the epicenter of the epidemic. Opponents of travel restrictions have argued isolating the countries battling the most new cases of the virus would actually worsen the situation there. President Barack Obama opposes travel restrictions, but a growing number of lawmakers have called for them.
In his statement, Rubio argued a visa ban would not result in Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone being "completely" cut off.
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Oh, SUUUURE you’re a Conservative.
Uh-huh....
Harry The Reid would stuff it up his #$$ ,where he keeps all the bills that show up at the senate
Conservative or not, this is the RIGHT THING to do.
I emphatically agree.
You’re right. We need to stop medical refugees until we know what we’re dealing with...
Great Timing. A few months too late.
Good start. Now, how about a Bill to stop all of the ID cards 0bola’s getting ready to print/distribute for illegals?
The only help Rubio will get from me is out the door. If the Repubs take the Senate, he will once again be screaming for amnesty.
Rubio will help Obama pass them out.
I can smell the pork already. Sorry for the skepticism, but I think it’s well earned on their part.
He’s my senator, and he’s very conservative. What is it that you don’t like about a ban on people from Ebola countries? Sounds pretty sensible to me.
The guy that reset the GOP on the path they just promised us they would pave, needs to STFdown and STFU because he has the believability of Mitt Romney.
You forgot the sarcasm tag I hope.
Now if he would just do the same to his buddies in South America and Mexico we could stop the rest of the diseases plaguing us.
I can see that happening — never.
Racist. You need to coexist. Diversity is our strength. And stuff...
I don’t suppose he’ll add Mexico and Central America to that bill. We’re probably getting diseases from those coming over our southern border.
Ah but Mr. Amnesty won’t want to alienate his Latino base.
Totally willing to coexist. Me living right here in the US and them back in their own countries taking the deadly enterovirus D68 and other diseases back home with them.
Unpossible. How can they give if we will not receive? It is better to give than receive so it’s just unfair of us to deny their generosity!
So what has been taking him so long to this?
You know, he just now got the idea to do this?
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