In response to the Obama Administration\u2019s announcement that it was circumventing Congress by unilaterally changing U.S. immigration law to allow over 1.4 million illegal aliens to remain in the country and work, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) told reporters that he no longer planned on introducing his version of the DREAM Act. At least not until after the November elections.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople are going to say to me, \u2018Why are we going to need to do anything on this now. It has been dealt with. We can wait until after the election,\u2019\u201d he said in an interview. (Wall Street Journal<\/a>, June 18, 2012) \u201cAnd it is going to be hard to argue against that.\u201d (Id.)<\/p>\n Sen. Rubio also expressed frustration over the President implementing his policy without consulting him. \u201cWe have never talked to anyone in the White House about their plans,\u201d he said. (Id.) \u201cThe only thing the White House has ever done about our ideas was to try to get some of the Dream Act kids [to]not work with us.\u201d (Id.)<\/p>\n Rubio spokesman, Alan Conant, echoed his boss\u2019 sentiments in a separate interview. \u201cSen. Rubio was working hard to find a permanent solution to this issue, meeting with Republican Senators and Dream kid activists earlier this week, and we were not briefed \u2014 let alone consulted \u2014 before the Administration made his announcement.\u201d (The Hill<\/a>, June 18, 2012)<\/p>\n Although Sen. Rubio had been talking about his plans to introduce a DREAM Act for months, dropping hints here and there as to its contents, he had yet to introduce any language. News reports indicated he planned on finally unveiling it sometime this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In response to the Obama Administration\u2019s announcement that it was circumventing Congress by unilaterally changing U.S. immigration law to allow over 1.4 million illegal aliens to remain in the country and work, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) told reporters that he no longer planned on introducing his version of the DREAM Act. At least not until<\/p>\n