[excon]

Hello:

Last night Marco Rubio said his family immigrated here in pursuit of the opportunity to improve their lives... He leaves the impression that his family went through the LEGAL immigration process, and Mexicans didn't. That's why they have to go to the end of the line.

But, did you know that the LEGAL process his family went through involved NOTHING more than landing their rickety boat in Key West? That was ALL it took to make his family LEGAL!

If a Haitian landed his rickety boat on the same beach, he'd be sent BACK. Is this fair?

excon

[fredg]

Whoever said that life is always fair? No, many things in life are not fair. But, we take what we have, make the best of it, and live as happy as we can.
Rubio and other Reps had better start speaking out more. All Obama wants is to make the Fed Gov't bigger, tax the rich (who already pay the majority of all Fed. Taxes), and give more people food stamps.
There are many Mexicans in America today. What will become of them, if they can't become citizens, or go back home. Rubio makes more sense out of everything going on than any Dem I have heard in the last 5 years.
Someone said that the US is becoming a 3rd. World country, and it's true. Rubio knows that China and Russia are becoming stronger than the US. If we ever have to enter another conflict, it might not happen, cause China might not loan us the money to do it.
Keep your eyes on Rubio, and other upcoming Reps. Things will change enventually and swing back to being more conservative, with much less spending. If I spent like Obama, I would be broke tomorrow!

[tomder55]

Cuban Refugee Adjustment Act (CRAA) was passed in 1966.. Rubio's family came here in the 1950s.Rubio's grandfather came here and was almost deported.. How could he be in danger of deportation if all he had to do was land on American soil ?

[tomder55]

If a Haitian landed his rickety boat on the same beach, he'd be sent BACK. Is this fair?

The difference is that Cubans are political refugees . Haitians and Mexicans are attempting to immigrate for economic reasons. For my 2 cents... I think they should all be vetted .

[speechlesstx]

Yep, would be hard to have gotten here on the CRAA a full decade before it was passed.

[excon]

Hello again,

I might have gotten some dates mixed up... Or maybe not.

excon

[talaniman]

The point is Rubios family wasn't deported and thrived on government hand outs. Let the mexicans do the same since they were here first, not as immigrants but as natives until the european immigrants decided to make them illegal.

Haitians and Mexicans are attempting to immigrate for economic reasons

Just like all the immigrants did until european immigrants decide they were first class and everybody else was second class and since the Indians that were here first were a lousy class they had to go by force.

[tomder55]

The point is Rubios family wasn't deported and thrived on government hand outs. Let the mexicans do the same since they were here first, not as immigrants but as natives until the european immigrants decided to make them illegal.



Just like all the immigrants did until european immigrants decide they were first class and everybody else was second class and since the Indians that were here first were a lousy class they had to go by force.

I don't know about your family.. But mine waited in line and was vetted at Ellis Island. They did not illegally cross the border and claim rights .

[speechlesstx]

The point is Rubios family wasn't deported and thrived on government hand outs. Let the mexicans do the same since they were here first, not as immigrants but as natives until the european immigrants decided to make them illegal.



Just like all the immigrants did until european immigrants decide they were first class and everybody else was second class and since the Indians that were here first were a lousy class they had to go by force.

Um, the point is Rubio's family came here legally on an immigration visa. Let the Mexicans do the same.

[talaniman]

Marco Rubio's family immigration story addressed in new books - Political Hotsheet - CBS News

In The Rise of Marco Rubio, excerpted in the Washington Post today, Roig-Franzia explains how Rubio's grandfather, Pedro Victor, came to the United States and was for a time in the country illegally.

Okay so start making those visas for the rest of the so called illegals just like they did for Rubios family.

[speechlesstx]

Marco Rubio's family immigration story addressed in new books - Political Hotsheet - CBS News



Okay so start making those visas for the rest of the so called illegals just like they did for Rubios family.

Um, a visa is what you acquire BEFORE coming, not after coming illegally. Obama may actually be on the same page there, from last night...

Real reform means establishing a responsible pathway to earned citizenship, a path that includes passing a background check, paying taxes and a meaningful penalty, learning English, and going to the back of the line behind the folks trying to come here legally

Ball's in your court.

[talaniman]

That ain't how Rubios family did it, and that's from his own book. He came here illegally and then got a visa. Now give one to the mexicans and let them earn their own citizenship. All you have to do is pass the bill.

They did it before, time to do it again.

[speechlesstx]

That ain't how Rubios family did it, and that's from his own book. He came here illegally and then got a visa. Now give one to the mexicans and let them earn their own citizenship. All you have to do is pass the bill.

They did it before, time to do it again.

And I once thought I had a significant percentage of Cherokee blood

Marco Rubio: My family's flight from Castro

The Washington Post on Friday accused me of seeking political advantage by embellishing the story of how my parents arrived in the United States.

That is an outrageous allegation that is not only incorrect, but an insult to the sacrifices my parents made to provide a better life for their children. They claim I did this because “being connected to the post-revolution exile community gives a politician cachet that could never be achieved by someone identified with the pre-Castro exodus, a group sometimes viewed with suspicion.”

If The Washington Post wants to criticize me for getting a few dates wrong, I accept that. But to call into question the central and defining event of my parents’ young lives – the fact that a brutal communist dictator took control of their homeland and they were never able to return – is something I will not tolerate.

My understanding of my parents’ journey has always been based on what they told me about events that took place more than 50 years ago — more than a decade before I was born. What they described was not a timeline, or specific dates.

They talked about their desire to find a better life, and the pain of being separated from the nation of their birth. What they described was the struggle they faced growing up, and their obsession with giving their children the chance to do the things they never could.

But the Post story misses the point completely. The real essence of my family’s story is not about the date my parents first entered the United States. Or whether they traveled back and forth between the two nations. Or even the date they left Fidel Castro’s Cuba forever and permanently settled here.

The essence of my family story is why they came to America in the first place; and why they had to stay.

I now know that they entered the U.S. legally on an immigration visa in May of 1956. Not, as some have said before, as part of some special privilege reserved only for Cubans. They came because they wanted to achieve things they could not achieve in their native land.

And they stayed because, after January 1959, the Cuba they knew disappeared. They wanted to go back — and in fact they did. Like many Cubans, they initially held out hope that Castro’s revolution would bring about positive change. So after 1959, they traveled back several times — to assess the prospect of returning home.

In February 1961, my mother took my older siblings to Cuba with the intention of moving back. My father was wrapping up family matters in Miami and was set to join them.

But after just a few weeks, it became clear that the change happening in Cuba was not for the better. It was communism. So in late March 1961, just weeks before the Bay of Pigs invasion, my mother and siblings left Cuba and my family settled permanently in the United States.

Soon after, Castro officially declared Cuba a Marxist state. My family has never been able to return.

I am the son of immigrants and exiles, raised by people who know all too well that you can lose your country. By people who know firsthand that America is a very special place.

My father spent the last 50 years of his life separated from the nation of his birth. Separated from his two brothers, who died in Cuba in the 1980s. Unable to show us where he played baseball as a boy. Where he met my mother. Unable to visit his parents’ grave.

My mother has spent the last 50 years separated from her native land as well. Unable to take us to her family’s farm, to her schools or to the notary office where she married my father.

A few years ago, using Google Earth, I attempted to take my parents back to Cuba. We found the rooftop of the house where my father was born. What I wouldn’t give to visit these places where my story really began, before I was born.

One day, when Cuba is free, I will. But I wish I could have done it with my parents.

The Post story misses the entire point about my family and why their story is relevant. People didn’t vote for me because they thought my parents came in 1961, or 1956, or any other year. Among others things, they voted for me because, as the son of immigrants, I know how special America really is. As the son of exiles, I know how much it hurts to lose your country.

Ultimately what The Post writes is not that important to me. I am the son of exiles. I inherited two generations of unfulfilled dreams. This is a story that needs no embellishing.

Read more: Opinion: Marco Rubio: My family's flight from Castro - Sen. Marco Rubio - POLITICO.com

[talaniman]

I agree his compelling story is one of many stories so pass the work visas out tomorrow, why wait.

[speechlesstx]

I agree his compelling story is one of many stories so pass the work visas out tomorrow, why wait.

So flood the market with immigrants and raise the minimum wage, yeah that's going to work well.

[talaniman]

And tax companies that create jobs overseas, and give breaks for those that create them here. Reward real job creators, and not the ones who just say they are. Yeah, should work great.

[speechlesstx]

And tax companies that create jobs overseas, and give breaks for those that create them here. Reward real job creators, and not the ones who just say they are. Yeah, should work great.

You still haven't figured out that government policies are why jobs are going overseas. I know, those evil corporations expect to make a profit to survive, even the ones Obama is beholden to, damn them. And so liberals answer is to clamp down more, regulate more and penalize businesses for trying to survive the burden government puts on them. You create the mess then exacerbate it with more of the same.

What are you not getting about being allowed a chance to thrive so everyone can have a slice of the pie instead of apportioning a crumb to everyone?

[paraclete]

Don't you have some nice offshore island you could send these immigrants to while they await vetting?

[speechlesstx]

I hear Australia has lots of space.

[paraclete]

I hear Australia has lots of space.

What; are you suggesting we dump them in a desert?

No we are full and are already using Christmas Island, Nauru and Manus Island; our latest venue will be New Zealand. No, I thought, like, Peuto Rica, or Virgin Islands, or Cuba