Marco Rubio pushes his own DREAM Act

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., wants his party to take a more compassionate approach to the issue of immigration. And he wants to start by changing the immigration laws to allow children of illegal immigrants with a clean record to stay in the United States legally.

“We are trying to help real children, real kids who find themselves in an unfortunate circumstance not of their doing, not of their fault,” Rubio told reporters in an off-camera briefing. “I think we have an obligation to do that.”
It’s a move that thrusts Rubio into the middle of the divisive debate over immigration and could pit him against many in his own party. But Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, said his views are a reflection of his personal experience.

“Here’s the bottom line: I have thousands of kids in my state who fall under this circumstance,” Rubio said. “I know people who are under this circumstance. I live Miami, where you can’t go four steps without walking into somebody who is an immigrant. My wife’s family is from Colombia, the guys around the corner are from Nicaragua; the folks down the street are from Peru. You go to the grocery store, and everybody is from somewhere else.”

Rubio added: “This is the reality of the community I live in, the state that I represent and the life that I have lived for 41 years. These are not theoretical concepts for me. This is the world I have seen.”

Democrats have repeatedly tried to pass a bill to help exactly the people Rubio wants to help: the so-called DREAM Act, which would allow high school graduates “of good moral character” who were brought to the US as children to stay in the United States legally. Mitt Romney has said he would veto the DREAM Act because he says it rewards illegal immigration.

Rubio says he is working on an alternative to the DREAM Act that he hopes Romney will be able to support.

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This is nothing different that what we already know.

What I do want to point out is the fact that the DA is getting more and more attention in the news and media.

Reid has spoken, he is adamant that that this not pass. He said this today,

“The DREAM Act is there for a purpose: to give young men and women, who came here when they were really just kids, an opportunity to join the military or to go to school. And I am not going to agree to anything that is short of allowing these young men and women to become citizens after they make the sacrifices they do."

Get ready for legislative battle men.

Actually... (Got this from the other thread you posted drock226)

Yes I actually just saw that, I'm glad by his softening but let's see where it goes from here. Again I'm glad Rubio is emphasizing that this will be a bipartisan effort. This bill's chances of passing are increasing by the day, but it's not the fall yet.

True, I was actually pissed off that these dirty politicians were playing games with my head right before elections. But if both Republicans and Democrats are willing to show bi-partisan support then damn... That's actually what we need. What's a bill without support from both sides? NOTHING. Remember that republican filibuster back in Dec, 2010? Ughh I need this now more than ever!