Mr. Bunny.
1) Federal law requires legal immigrants to carry their greencards at all times.
2) Why is asking them for their greencards now considered "onerous"??
Point 1 is absolutely true and I'm not sure what inspired Point 2.
I've no complaint against the AZ law. My only comment is the fed has abdicated its responsibility and ignored its own laws for far too long thus forcing AZ's hand in the matter.
In fact, I wish the law were tougher, i.e. requiring positive ID for voting, renting, jobs, schools, public assistance, medical care, etc.; especially anything that touches upon any institution that receives public money.
I'm simply pointing out Rubio's very sensible comments have been truncated into an out of context monstrosity of their intent and to accept this article at face value is to become the patsy of people who wish to condemn AZ and conservative candidates.
Here is another Rubio statement...in its entirety:
MARCO RUBIO: “Well, let’s take a deep breath first and realize where we are. This is inevitable that this was going happen somewhere, particularly inArizona. I was there about two months ago and the people there are – this is not even an immigration issue to them. This is a law enforcement issue.You’ve got kidnappings and murders and gang violence pouring over the border in an uncontrolled fashion. The bottom line is the Federal government has completely failed to enforce Federal immigration laws, much less make them stronger and more effective. We have a legal immigration system that doesn’t work. And so it is inevitable that eventually some state was going to take action.
“And I’m not going to sit here and criticize a state that’s taken action, in defense of what they’ve done. I will tell you that I don’t think this is thebest way to have handled it. I think the best way for this issue to ultimately be handled is for the Federal government to do its job. And the job of the Federal government is to enforce the immigration laws we have, to make sure that to the extent we have to come up with new technologies, whether it’s border security or a fence or fixing the visa program – that the Federal government can handle that. You know, the Federal government isinvolved in so many things that are none of its business. This is one the things the Federal government should be involved in. And the fact that it has failed to do it in an effective way has led to this. And we certainly can’t have 50 different immigration policies in 50 different states.
“Now here’s my fear: my fear is that the Obama administration is going to use this as an excuse to go forward with some sort of an amnesty bill. I’ve never supported amnesty. I think amnesty would be terrible for America’s future. Quite frankly, I think amnesty is terrible for legal immigration. If you were to grant amnesty, you will never be able to have a legal immigration system that works in America.
No RINOs there. It's sensible, factual and properly considerate of all the right elements that comprise a people living in a federal republic that values indiviual liberty as well as the rule of law.
It seems a glaring fact that the article in the OP is a hack-job when contrasted with the above statement. No offense to you, only the reporter. If Rubio holds steady on conservative principles he is to be applauded even if that means some blogger at CNN ends up under the bus.
