Rubio Steps In It on Amnesty Again
RUSH: There are a lot of people who think Marco Rubio has stepped in it again here. The Politico with the story. "Sen. Marco Rubio says people who immigrated to the US illegally but haven’t committed any major crimes could be allowed to stay. In an interview airing Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press, the Florida contender for the Republican presidential nomination said felons shouldn’t be allowed to stay, but those who commit lesser crimes could still qualify." Well, that's pretty much what you get from the Regime. Except that Obama's not deporting felons.
He's letting them go.
But outside of that, that's pretty much what the Regime says. That law-abiding undocumented immigrants could stay. You know, I hate to be a stickler for these things, but how can an illegal alien be law-abiding? "Rush, that's awfully mean." I know it sounds mean, but I'm just asking. "But, Rush, that's like the letter of the law. That's like be a strict interpreter of the law." Well, I know. I'm sorry. That's the problem with illegal immigration, isn't it? That we're ignoring it. Someone here illegally, as long as they're law-abiding they can stay?
But if they're here illegally, how are they law abiding? "Rush, don't you understand? They mean... They're here, yes. They're here illegally, Rush. But they haven't broken any law while they're here and they're living amongst everybody, and they're fine, upstanding people." I understand that's what it means. I'm just saying that it's not being a stickler for words. You know, words mean things. This is the problem with this whole issue. Well, it's hard to say there's one problem.
The major problem with this whole issue is that from the get-go it's illegal! Why do you think proponents want to stop usage of the phrases "illegal immigrant" or "illegal alien"? Because right off the bat it nails the issue. If we're not gonna enforce the law, the best way to not enforce the law is illegal aliens get to stay as long as they obey the law. This is one of the big problems people have when this. It's not rooted in prejudice; it's not rooted in bias. People understand the rule of law is the fabric that connects everything here.
The rule of law is the glue that holds the country together, and if over here you don't the enforce it and over there you don't enforce it for political reasons, then there's big trouble. And people who think that way pipe up and they're immediately called racists or bigots, and all they are asking is for the laws on the books to be enforced. We don't need any new immigration laws, much less comprehensive. There are plenty of them on the books already. They just need to be enforced.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/marco-rubio-immigrants-217895
RUSH: There are a lot of people who think Marco Rubio has stepped in it again here. The Politico with the story. "Sen. Marco Rubio says people who immigrated to the US illegally but haven’t committed any major crimes could be allowed to stay. In an interview airing Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press, the Florida contender for the Republican presidential nomination said felons shouldn’t be allowed to stay, but those who commit lesser crimes could still qualify." Well, that's pretty much what you get from the Regime. Except that Obama's not deporting felons.
He's letting them go.
But outside of that, that's pretty much what the Regime says. That law-abiding undocumented immigrants could stay. You know, I hate to be a stickler for these things, but how can an illegal alien be law-abiding? "Rush, that's awfully mean." I know it sounds mean, but I'm just asking. "But, Rush, that's like the letter of the law. That's like be a strict interpreter of the law." Well, I know. I'm sorry. That's the problem with illegal immigration, isn't it? That we're ignoring it. Someone here illegally, as long as they're law-abiding they can stay?
But if they're here illegally, how are they law abiding? "Rush, don't you understand? They mean... They're here, yes. They're here illegally, Rush. But they haven't broken any law while they're here and they're living amongst everybody, and they're fine, upstanding people." I understand that's what it means. I'm just saying that it's not being a stickler for words. You know, words mean things. This is the problem with this whole issue. Well, it's hard to say there's one problem.
The major problem with this whole issue is that from the get-go it's illegal! Why do you think proponents want to stop usage of the phrases "illegal immigrant" or "illegal alien"? Because right off the bat it nails the issue. If we're not gonna enforce the law, the best way to not enforce the law is illegal aliens get to stay as long as they obey the law. This is one of the big problems people have when this. It's not rooted in prejudice; it's not rooted in bias. People understand the rule of law is the fabric that connects everything here.
The rule of law is the glue that holds the country together, and if over here you don't the enforce it and over there you don't enforce it for political reasons, then there's big trouble. And people who think that way pipe up and they're immediately called racists or bigots, and all they are asking is for the laws on the books to be enforced. We don't need any new immigration laws, much less comprehensive. There are plenty of them on the books already. They just need to be enforced.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/marco-rubio-immigrants-217895