Harry Reid To Rubio: Stop Talking And Release Your DREAM Act
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<b>“I’m glad that Marco is doing something. I think that’s significant,” Reid said. “But the problem is, right now there has not been a single word put on paper, not a word. And remember, in anything we do in life, the devil is in the details. So let’s see what Marco’s going to come up with. … If he has something better and it’s something that I think is going to be okay, I will be happy to support it. But let’s stop this nonsense of talking about it. He talks to one group this way, another group another way. Put it in writing.”</b><br />
Asked whether he’d back a proposal that “does not include a path to citizenship,” Reid said, “No.” Then he explained that he’d consider backing any proposal that’s fair to DREAMers, who were brought to the U.S. as children and have since attended college or joined the military.
The context is an election-year push by Republicans to save face with Hispanic voters, who prefer President Obama to the likely GOP nominee Mitt Romney by a huge margin. During the primary, Romney called for the “self-deportation” of the likes of DREAMers. Rubio has acted as a sort of party liaison to the Hispanic community and is rumored to be a potential vice presidential candidate.
