{"id":3914,"date":"2013-06-19T17:45:31","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T21:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=3914"},"modified":"2018-12-28T15:54:28","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:54:28","slug":"on-immigration-reform-is-rubio-just-another-obama-administration-puppet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2013\/06\/19\/on-immigration-reform-is-rubio-just-another-obama-administration-puppet\/","title":{"rendered":"On Immigration Reform, Is Rubio Just Another Obama Administration Puppet?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It appears that the Obama administration\u2019s role in the immigration debate is more heavy-handed than the public was initially led to believe. According to a recent report from Politico<\/i><\/a>, a senior White House official was quoted as saying, \u201cNo decisions are being made without talking to us about it\u2026This does not \ufb02y if we\u2019re not O.K. with it,\u201d regarding the Gang of Eight negotiations.<\/p>\n

The unnamed official continued, \u201cWe\u2019re the hammer on the back end. If the Republicans try to scuttle it, we\u2019re the ones who can communicate to the Latino community who scuttled it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ironically, this report came out simultaneously with Sen. Marco Rubio\u2019s (R-FL) reaffirmation of support for the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill. \u201cI think 95, 96 percent of the bill is in perfect shape and ready to go,\u201d stated the Florida Republican last Sunday on ABC\u2019s \u201cThis Week.\u201d Rubio also repeated the claim that with improvements on border security, the bill \u201cwill have strong bipartisan support.\u201d (Politico<\/a><\/i>, Jun. 16, 2013) <\/p>\n

If the Obama administration is admittedly overseeing all immigration reform and taking credit for negotiations, how is it possible that the Gang of Eight amnesty bill can be a bipartisan compromise? Sen. Rubio is clearly mistaken, or playing the game of Washington politics. What Rubio calls \u201cbipartisan\u201d is, in fact, nothing more than the Obama administration orchestrating comprehensive immigration reform with a handful of Republican talking heads. Again, why do Republicans think they would get credit for anything that passes? <\/p>\n

As Rubio continues to double down on the Gang of Eight\u2019s amnesty bill, it appears that he is ideologically aligned with Obama and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) rather than being manipulated in a political game. Through the smoke and mirrors of Washington politics, this bill repeats the mistakes of 1986: amnesty first with promises of enforcement later, if ever\u2026.