Sen. Marco Rubio's Revenge:
Sen. Marco Rubio seeks end to special refugee status for Cuban immigrants
Sen. Marco Rubio, who based his presidential bid this year in part on his personal story as the son of poor Cuban immigrants, on Wednesday urged Congress to end a decades-old program that’s enabled immigrants from the island to get welfare benefits from the moment they set foot on American soil.
In an impassioned speech on the Senate floor, Rubio, who ended his White House bid last month after badly losing Florida’s GOP primary, said Cuban immigrants no longer deserved special treatment.
“As many of you know, I am the son of Cuban immigrants,” the Miamian told his colleagues. “I live in a community where Cuban exiles have had an indelible imprint in our country, on the state of Florida and in South Florida in particular. And yet I stand here today to say that this provision of law, this distinction, is no longer justified.”
Rubio’s proposal would end automatic refugee status for Cubans and place them in the same category as other immigrants. He offered it as an amendment to a bill authorizing funding for the Federal Aviation Administration, which is before the Senate this week.
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