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Republicans spent the weekend trumpeting shock and outrage over President Obamas leaked backup plan on immigration. In dysfunctional Washington, this means that prospects for comprehensive reform including what amounts to an amnesty for the undocumented are getting brighter.
Dead on arrival was the verdict from Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who has taken on the thankless task of leading his party back within shouting distance of reasonable on the immigration issue. The presidents plan, obtained by USA Today, would leave the nation with unsecured borders and a broken legal immigration system for years to come, Rubio charged.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said the White House proposal which hasnt actually been proposed shows that Obama is really not serious about reform. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said Obamas plan tells us that hes looking for a partisan advantage and not a bipartisan solution.
Translation: Things are looking up!
Heres the state of play: In the November election, Obama carried both the nations largest minority Hispanics and its fastest-growing minority Asian Americans by nearly 3-to-1. Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, has been trying to explain to his party that immigration is a threshold issue for communities with fresh memories of arrival. Mitt Romneys notion of reform, which he summed up as self-deportation, communicated hostility rather than empathy. Voters returned the favor.
Eugene Robinson: Obama?s immigration plan may be a decoy - The Washington Post
Dead on arrival was the verdict from Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who has taken on the thankless task of leading his party back within shouting distance of reasonable on the immigration issue. The presidents plan, obtained by USA Today, would leave the nation with unsecured borders and a broken legal immigration system for years to come, Rubio charged.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said the White House proposal which hasnt actually been proposed shows that Obama is really not serious about reform. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said Obamas plan tells us that hes looking for a partisan advantage and not a bipartisan solution.
Translation: Things are looking up!
Heres the state of play: In the November election, Obama carried both the nations largest minority Hispanics and its fastest-growing minority Asian Americans by nearly 3-to-1. Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, has been trying to explain to his party that immigration is a threshold issue for communities with fresh memories of arrival. Mitt Romneys notion of reform, which he summed up as self-deportation, communicated hostility rather than empathy. Voters returned the favor.
Eugene Robinson: Obama?s immigration plan may be a decoy - The Washington Post