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发帖数: 61690 | 1 Sen. Marco Rubio gave a lengthy defense of his work on immigration reform on
Tuesday, telling a room full of journalists that he wasn’t in the debate
to score political points or guarantee Republicans the Hispanic vote, but
rather because it’s personal.
Speaking for nearly 45 minutes at a conference of the American Society of
News Editors in Washington, the Florida Republican reiterated a line from a
recent interview that he doesn’t expect his involvement on the issue will
win him any parades, and he also addressed the criticism that he might be
working against his party by legalizing 11 million new citizens that will
vote Democrat.
”I have never ever said to anyone and I will not say here today that if we
pass this bill, suddenly Republicans are going to get to 55 percent of the
Hispanic vote across the country. I do think that if we do deal with this
issue, it will allow us to talk about other issues,” Rubio said in a
response to an audience question, mentioning economic issues that over the
long run he believes will win over Hispanics and others to the conservative
cause.
Ten or 15 years from now, Rubio said, Hispanics’ political views could be
different.
“America changes immigrants, and people will change, especially once they
begin to become fully enveloped in the American economic experience. … Your
views on these issues begin to evolve rapidly,” Rubio said. “The future
of the conservative movement in America is to try to convince as many of our
fellow Americans as possible that limited government and free enterprise is
the best way forward for them and for our country.”
Rubio said one of the biggest barriers to Americans’ acceptance of
immigration reform was not a distrust of immigrants, but rather a distrust
of government. He said that the border security deal approved by the Senate
on Monday, which requires doubling the size of border patrol, implementing e
-verify systems and extending the border fence before offering immigrants a
pathway to citizenship, could gain back some of that trust.
“I think that if we can figure out a way, through this bill and working
with the House and an ultimate package, if we can figure out a way to win
the confidence of the American people … then I think we can get immigration
reform done,” Rubio said.
Rubio also addressed another potential stumbling block for the bill: rights
for same-sex couples. Asked what he would say to his gay friends and
constituents about his comments that including such rights would “kill the
bill,” Rubio said it was just about getting the complicated bill passed.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/marco-rubio-immigration-reform-america-changes-93348.html#ixzz2XGtnVVcF | A**Y
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: Sen. Marco Rubio gave a lengthy defense of his work on immigration reform on
: Tuesday, telling a room full of journalists that he wasn’t in the debate
: to score political points or guarantee Republicans the Hispanic vote, but
: rather because it’s personal.
: Speaking for nearly 45 minutes at a conference of the American Society of
: News Editors in Washington, the Florida Republican reiterated a line from a
: recent interview that he doesn’t expect his involvement on the issue will
: win him any parades, and he also addressed the criticism that he might be
: working against his party by legalizing 11 million new citizens that will
: vote Democrat.
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