Posted on 02/28/2016 1:33:18 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
As a member of the controversial "Gang of Eight" working up comprehensive immigration reform three years ago, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio blocked bipartisan efforts to reform the worker visa program to make sure American workers get first dibs on jobs, according to a top Senate Democrat.
At a hearing on H-1B worker visas Thursday, Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois said that "a junior senator from Florida" fought to kill visa changes in the legislation that would have limited the ability of firms to replace American workers with cheaper foreign labor.
"In 2013, I was part of the Gang of Eight. Democrats and Republicans sat down and wrote, kind of, the comprehensive immigration reform. One member of the Gang of Eight, a junior senator from Florida, fought hard to keep H-1B reforms out of the bill. Nonetheless, we made several important changes in the program," said Durbin.
It comes at 29 minutes in the video here of the hearing of the Judicary subcommittee on immingration and the national interest....
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
That’s why Trump was funding those backing the gang of 8. He wanted more H1B visas for cheap labor in his hotels/casinos.
Born May 28, 1971
Parents: Mario and Oriales Rubio
Both parents Cuban citizens.
Parents naturalized in 1975, four years after Marco was born. "
Anchor Babies are not Natural Born Citizens, Marco is NOT eligible to run for President of the United States.
Fellow gang member turned on Rubio! That’s gangsta,,,
So the Democrats want to face Trump? How stupid of them.
Finally! Someone got it right. Both Cruz and Rubio are non-starters.
I don’t believe a word that comes from Durbin, Reid, Schumer, either Clinton, Obama and any of their left wing cronies.
You don’t know what you are talking about.
H1b are advance degree tech workers.
Many are worthless but they are not hired to tend bar or make beds in hotels.
Rubio
Cruz
Fox
Limbuagh
Levin
GOP party of stupiSEN. Mitt Romney the proud Granfather of Obamacare
They were courting a constituency that's known for its gang culture, so the shoe fits.
Thieves and liars I have a problem with.
Rubio is at the least a liar.
A snake is in there also.
And Cruz was for a 500% increase in H1Bs, before Trump came along.
There is a whole INDUSTRY out there in how to “fix” your job specifications so as to EXCLUDE Americans and “REQUIRE” foreign workers.
Is this called being hoisted on your own group’s petard?
Tell it to trump who was wanting them to staff his hotel ;-)
RINO members: Flake (az), mccain (az), Graham (sc), rubio (FL)
The others are Dems.
Isn’t he just doing what any Anchor Baby would do?
can you blame a dog for acting like a dog??
“That’s why Trump was funding those backing the gang of 8. He wanted more H1B visas for cheap labor in his hotels/casinos.”
You know, you’re not only a Troll, but you’re an EXCEEDINGLY IGNORANT Troll! H1B is to bring in highly educated high tech workers to screw highly paid Silicon Valley boffins, NOT hotel workers, you dimwit!
Tell it to trump who was wanting them to staff his hotel ;-)
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H-B-1 workers are not hotel staffers. They are the high tech workers who take STEM jobs from our recent graduates in an attempt by the tech companies to hold down wages in tech companies, where the companies, basically own the HB1 visa slot...not the applicant.
The temporary workers in Florida are on temporary work visas....two totally different things.
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