Is illegal immigration hurting GOP chance at Hispanic votes?
“It depends on what you emphasize,” Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio said in an interview this afternoon. Rubio, who does not support an Arizona-type law for Florida, said the Republican Party should be the party of “pro-legal immigration.” “We don’t need 49 other states to pass that law,” Rubio said. “What we need is for the federal government to do its job. That ruling is a reminder of why we’re even here to begin with. The federal government has refused to enforce our existing immigration laws. There’s no one out there more pro-legal immigration law than I am, but America cannot be the only country in the world that does not enforce its immigration laws.” One of Rubio’s opponents, independent Gov. Charlie Crist, said he had “no reaction” to the judge’s ruling on Wednesday to temporarily suspend the most severe parts of the law. “I’m a guy who believes in respecting the courts and I respect the decision of the judge,” Crist said.
