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Sen. Marco Rubio really wants nothing to do with President Barack Obama's immigration backup plan.
Rubio's office on Tuesday released a statement insisting that the plan the Florida Republican is working on has "major differences" from the White House blueprint that was leaked to USA Today over the weekend. Spokesman Alex Conant pointed to a number of measures they say are missing from the White House plan: tying the a path to citizenship to border security, a new visa exit system and a plan to deal with future immigrants.
And Conant said no one in Rubio's office has met with the White House to talk immigration.
White House spokesman Jay Carney addresses whether the release of a draft immigration bill was done on purpose.
"President Obama and the White House staff are not working with Republicans on immigration reform. Senator Rubio’s office has never discussed immigration policy with anyone in the White House," Conant said.
On Tuesday, the White House insisted it was in fact working with lawmakers on the issue. Obama has said he wants the Senate to write a bipartisan immigration proposal, but that he'll release his own plan if that process drags.
"We have been in contact with everyone involved in this effort on Capitol Hill," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said.
Asked to clarify, Rubio's spokesman said the administration had sent agency officials to brief Senate staffers for the bipartisan group of eight senators who are working on immigration reform -- but insisted policy was not discussed.
Gary Cameron / Reuters
Senator Marco Rubio, R-Fla.
"They've never asked for our input. (And, frankly, we've never asked for theirs.)," Conant wrote in an email.
Senior administration officials said that staffers from the White House had attended at least 5 briefings with congressional staffers working on bipartisan reform. At different points, officials from relevant government agencies also briefed the staff group.
Some Republicans have suggested the White House's separate plan could help GOP supporters distance themselves from the president and highlight the compromises in a Senate plan. Rubio's office rejected that analysis.
"The White House has injected additional partisanship into an already difficult process, and raised fresh questions about the president’s seriousness about passing reform," Conant said.
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No one cares about what Marco "Token" Rubio has to say about anything. He just tows the party line and has nothing new to say about anything. Just a stuffed suit
Elvis,
Do you support illegal immigration?
yes ..when i was young a hated Mexicans...until i married one..and my daughter is half and half..i was the problem..not the mexicans..also did not like black people...was not taught to hate..it was just inside of me..found out i was the problem
Elvis, are you drunk?
Im a texan...if you live in Texas...you live with mexicans...did you know Rick Perry is half mexican
I know many liberals that think that Obama is just a token Negro.
These libs laugh at him, because he is just doing what his White master liberal slaves want.
@roach,
White master liberal slaves
Got oxymoron?
I don't like it when my liberal friends refer to Obama as a Token Negro.
I don't agree with Obama, but he deserves respect.
sorry thats what he is dont forget un American
Why do liberals want to keep people of color, down?
when slavery ended..no jobs...still that way
Umm.. that would be the conservatives.... If you are not part of the "White dominated Male Good Bye Old Party" you are not part of America
I have many friends of color that are brilliant.
Why do liberals want to portray them as helpless?
It's really disgusting.
I doubt that
@roach,
I have many friends of color that are brilliant.
I do, too. Tourquoises are particularly spectacular.
You may have seen some of them in the movie "Avatar".
Illegal aliens, of any nationality should NEVER be given citizenship. They should not get the golden apple for breaking the laws of this country. Give them permanent residency if you must. As for them paying fines and back taxes, these are the people that everyone keeps saying works the jobs Americans won't do because those jobs don't pay enough. How will one of these illegal aliens manage to pay their back taxes on those kinds of wages? What will happen if they DON'T or CAN'T pay those taxes? Do they get deported THEN?
There already is a Guest worker program that no one wants to follow because it's "too expensive" and "too hard". The latest that I have read about a proposed guest worker program will cause the same issues - "it's too hard and will cost the employer too much money". So, why even bother? Keep the one we have, start charging employers who hire illegal aliens and jail them, if needed. Confiscate their businesses too. Take away any social services that illegal aliens manage to get, including anchor baby status and they will find somewhere else to go.
Then let your grandparents take you back where you belong.
My grandparents came here LEGALLY, through Ellis Island using a visa that they were granted in Europe. They stood in line, endured a health exam, proved that they had a place to live, family members who would help support them if needed, and a SKILL that was useful to the United States. My grandparents made sure every one of their children were able to speak the English language, never expecting their children to be taught in their native language. They never once raised their country's flag over the U.S. flag and by the time they received their naturalization papers, they were able and happy to speak English and recite the oath IN ENGLISH. They never said anything against the laws of the U.S. or tried to force the government to change a law. They were just happy to be here, away from World War I and World War II.
Illegal aliens could care less about actually being a part of this country. They only want what they can get from the government or for themselves. They don't care about blending in and making this a better country. They just want to establish their little country within this big one.
One lonely sp1ck on a boat,,lmao
Next turd to be flushed
It must be embarrassing to blacks, when liberals tell them that they aren't smart enough to pass a test, without extra points for being black.
How would you white people feel, if someone said that of you?
Wouldn't you be upset?
Why do you white libs do that?
tell me
http://youtu.be/uE5xZKszXMQ
I see roach is on here spewing the norm... What's wrong roach, do you only come on here to get attention? Or are you paid blogger for someone. Isn't it time you logged in with one of your other usernames.. this one is getting as stale as your pic
I would feel like a roach if we had different tests period.
there are paid bloggers on first read, but i don't suspect that cockroach is one of them ---- not yet, anyway...
Koch roach has the floor. Walls, ceiling, food. It is easy to get rid of . Ban Fox.
Tard?
Don't blame YOUR racism on the rest of us.
You are a pathetic excuse for a human being.
come on you can let the dark side of you out right??
Hey roach fawk
One word
Loser
This is one of the brilliant libs.
LMAO!
Boric acid helps to get rid of the pathetic hateful people on this earth as well as roaches.
Brilliant.
hey roach what do you have oh nothing...hahahahaha
As always! now try liposuction on the fat that has been put on your brain from the fat ass group of do nothing politicians. Rush once lived there.
Here's Rubio's plan, in a nutshell.
"You aint american, get the hell out."
"You mexican? Go back to Mexico, and wait 18 years to get back."
"You raised American, but aren't? To hell with you, we're sending you 'back' to a country where you can't even speak the language. Screw you, get out."
"You're a child, but illegal? Screw you, get out."
"You own a business here? Raised a family? Bought a home? Paid taxes? Employed people? Pay us, and screw you, get out."
Yep.
Mr. - I won't insult decent, honest folks by calling him Senator - Rubio is a STERLING example of the absolute very best that the GNOP has to offer; thieving, lying, bigotted, hateful, uncaring and ignorant.
and a fake Mexican
Elvis I don't remember you bringing up a black issue. Seems the skunk smells it's own hole first.
yes i got the dark side of him out..hahahaha
@roach,
How would you feel if someone told you that, as a cockroach, you weren't smart enough to pass a test (or vote, for that matter) without being given extra points for being a cockroach?
Try and be dumber!
LOL
@roach,
Try and answer my question re: your post #95.
Why are liberals afraid of successful blacks?
Why can't roach ever post something meaningful or worthwhile? Or use the vine properly and click the 'reply' to respond to comments.....
where not Obama.oopps you forgot huh
Why do you keep bringing up blacks ? I call them Americans. Seems you brain got stuck up your Hillbilly ass.
@roach,
Why are you afraid of Blacks?
I'm a conservative, and by definition, I don't care about your color, I just care about your ability.
Why do liberals want to label people by color?
What are they afraid of?
Don't listen to this stupid ass anymore. he is so predjiduce that his only thought is to use reverse psychology or in his case reverse stupidity.
hahahahha
roach said he has friends of color..yep he has Herman Cain picture hanging on his wall..Palin in the bathroom..hannity on his phone..huckabee..in his closet
As Obama is running the country in his second term,,the GOP is still out there getting ready to lose in 2016
Conservaturd. The preferred food of cockroaches every where. And the primary by-product.
hahahahaha
I have to admit, of all of you liberals criticizing me, I think that Big Bob is the most brilliant!
roach has all the answers but does not know what they are
Bulletman357
Obama is half black and is cool,,Herman Cain is a N1gger
cockroach
I know you don't care .... you might even consider this a badge of honor .... but I am using "ignore this author" on you because you have nothing useful to say.