Comments on: Kicking the ladder after your people have arrived – Estilo Cubano courtesy of Marco Rubio

By: Sen. Marco Rubio Co-Sponsors E-Verify and Faces Latino Backlash

Sen. Marco Rubio Co-Sponsors E-Verify and Faces Latino Backlash — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:46:34 +0000

[...] to be expected. Senator Rubio was a tea party darling, and for at least the past year, he has been expressing a more hard line position on [...]

By: TheTruth

TheTruth — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 03:59:16 +0000

We Latinos, are the ones that are affected most by what is going on in the border. Just turn your TV on and watch the fire, with the undocumented as the gasoline added to that fire. The business interest, that exploit the immigrants, are the ones that are keeping the border open. Meanwhile, reasonable people
are frustrated and manipulated by politician into blaming immigrants for their economic problems, and to associate them with the drug violence occurring across the border. Securing the border is the first step in dealing with the immigration problem. Waiting for comprehensive immigration is a tactic for politicians to stall while making false promises to gain votes. I think that Marco Rubio has
correctly assessed the problem, and knows that we can not deal with the issue until these explosive emotional issues have been blunted.

By: Donny Deutsch, Marco Rubio, and the “Coconut Incident”

Donny Deutsch, Marco Rubio, and the “Coconut Incident” — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:04:30 +0000

[...] term because Rubio has expressed rather conservative views, especially in regards to immigration. But again, this illustrates that not all Latinos are immigration or pro-migrant friendly. Deutsch [...]

By: Miss Karma

Miss Karma — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:34:09 +0000

The Latino version of Larry Elder perhaps??? This guy sounds worse than Herman Badillo in New York.

Reagan and NAFTA (as Anna stated) are the reasons why both legal and illegal immigration have occurred. Reagan put his nose in the business of Central American Elections (and Grenada as well) and supported the death squads in El Salvador.

It amazes me how people complain about immigration (both legal and illegal) without even giving an iota of a thought as to how the foreign policy towards Latin America played a role.

….and would immigration currently even be an issue if it was the Polish, and Russians that were stowing away in droves on planes or submarines coming across the Atlantic?

By: » Marco Rubio, A Crossover Success - By ¡Para Justicia y Libertad!

» Marco Rubio, A Crossover Success - By ¡Para Justicia y Libertad! — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:41:25 +0000

[...] the rounds in the Latinosphere is former Florida House Speaker and Republican senatorial candidate Marco Rubio and his take on [...]

By: XicanoPwr

XicanoPwr — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:34:13 +0000

Just more divide and conquer – Cuban refugees good; Mexicans and people South of the Mexican border bad.

Funny things is nativist gringos don’t see it that way, Brown skin people = Mexicans.

Rubio is a perfect example of what Paulo Freire described as the oppressed becoming “sub-oppressors.” In this role, they tend to become more of a tyrant to show they are different from “the others.” In this case, “Mexicans.”

By: AmericaNica

AmericaNica — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:54:44 +0000

It is unfortunate that the Republican Party line encourages band-aid solutions to deeply rooted socio-economic challenges that contribute to “illegal” immigration. When will they learn?

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:19:45 +0000

What these arguments don’t do, though, is address why so many people from Mexico and Latin America have had to leave in the last 20 years. The problem is NAFTA and other trade agreements in the hemishpere. These trade agreements give corporations free reign not only to lower wages, but to pollute the groundwater and the soil, making certain areas uninhabitable. They also give agribusiness the right to flood the market with cheap grain that puts local farmers out of business.

Until these issues are addressed and NAFTA is re-negotiated or repealed, the immigration problem will not be solved.

By: Cockroach People

Cockroach People — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:30:34 +0000

It’s a natural progression for the Floridian wingnuts that still can’t get over Castro nationalizing their haciendas, after all these years. They and their descendants have very little in common with the rest of Latin-Americans–especially the actual Cuban nationals that might fit under this immigration loophole.

Reagan, who actually cared about business and the economy, was right about immigration.

Too bad the nuance that you elicit about what counts as legal or illegal immigration may be lost on some of your readers (at least one).

By: Reyfeo

Reyfeo — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:58:08 +0000

You’re looking at the fututre of the conservative movement…many of us, are all for PRO IMMIGRATION, just not for PRO ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION…there’s a difference.