Christie Goes After Rubio on Immigration

The Florida Republican corrected a questioner at a “Life of the Party” event in New Hampshire Wednesday who compared Sanders’ brand of socialism with what Rubio’s family fled when they left Cuba.

More than 49,000 undocumented immigrant youths residing in Florida have been DACA approved as of June, which ranks it fifth among all US states and territories with the most approvals.

If Rubio won’t stand up for DREAMers, young people who are Americans in all but paperwork, and other immigrants, how can we expect him to stand up for us on issues like education, health care and the economy? “Now I kind of feel a little bit sorry for him”, Rubio said, noting the villain started out with a “tremendous amount of talent and promise”.

Rubio disagreed, saying that while he’s not a supporter of socialism, he praises Sanders for speaking his mind. “It can not be the permanent policy of the United States”, he told voters in on Tuesday.

According to Rubio, it would be “ideal” if Congress could enact the reform, which President Barack Obama instituted in 2012 through executive action.

GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio said Wednesday in New Hampshire the deportation deferral program that has allowed hundreds of thousands of young immigrants to stay and work in the country has to end with or without immigration reform legislation. His statements are somewhat different from his previous stance on DACA only two years ago when he said that he would continue the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program until immigration reform passed through Congress.

Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks while Sen. After conservatives criticized and rejected the legislation, Rubio has said he’s learned that such comprehensive immigration goals were all but impossible. “I think it will have to end at a few point”.

“Ultimately there will come a point where it will have to end”, Rubio told NBC News reporter Kasie Hunt in April. After being criticized by GOP rival Donald Trump, Rubio committed to seeking the end of DACA, the Washington Post reported. ThinkProgress addressed Rubio’s shift in a November 4 article, stating, “Marco Rubio’s immigration reversal is complete: he promises to deport Dreamers”.

Rubio’s transformation from a Tea Party conservative to a candidate with establishment appeal could be hurting him in the conservative media sphere, which caters to those with strong anti-establishment streaks. Thearticle highlighted recent criticism by conservative radio host Laura Ingraham, who recently asked if Rubio should be disqualified from the nomination because of his previous immigration positions. As recently as 2013 Rubio backed immigration reform that would include a path to citizenship only to abandon it ahead of his presidential bid.

Others, such as Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin and Glenn Beck, appear enthused by Rubio’s political skills and ready to reconsider him.

Ingraham, Malkin and Coulter consistently hammer Rubio for his past support for immigration reform and warn their audiences regularly that if elected president, he’ll fold on the issue. “I’d love to have that debate”, Rubio said.

Rubio might be fresher, more energetic, and more charismatic than Jeb Bush, but he is exactly the same on what matters most: how well he understands the oath he would have to take.