Sour grapes Marco Rubio on Obama's immigration policy:

[Baitball Blogger]

Sen. Marco Rubio blasts Obama on immigration policy

What is Sen. Marco Rubio’s reaction to President Barack Obama’s shift on immigration policy?

The Florida Republican isn’t happy, and he’s talking to David Muir in an interview that will air Monday on “ABC World News With Diane Sawyer.” The program starts at 6:30 p.m. on WFTV-Channel 9.

Muir was at Rubio’s home in Miami on Friday when the White House changed its policy and stopped the deportations of young illegal immigrants who came to this country as children.

“I know that a lot of these kids will take this as good news because they are desperate for some form of resolution,” Rubio told Muir on Friday. “This is a short-term solution. This is a short-term solution to something that requires a long-term answer. And my bigger concern is that by doing this by executive order by ignoring and going around the Congress this may make it harder in the long term to solve this problem, and I’m concerned about that.”

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2012/06/sen-marco-rubio-blasts-obama-on-immigration-policy.html

Yeah, like an executive order is going to slow down Congress if it was serious about an immigration policy. Ah don't think so.

[warrior1]

1. Marco is just mad

because the President beat him to the punch. Marco had his own dream act that he wanted to announce, but ha ha too late.

[Angry Dragon]

2. It was not an executive order

just a shift in how they would treat them

[ProgressiveEconomist]

3. IMO President Obama set free some of the hostages Rubio and Romney

were about to exploit in an imminent joint statement.

Romney previously had suggested MAYBE those who were brought across the border as youngsters could get permanent residency--but ONLY for serving in the military. Rubio had been vaguer about his developing plan, but assured that he NEVER would allow those young people a path to full citizenship.

Republican control of Congress seemed to make a Rubio-Romney plan for ceasing deportation of young undocumented immigrants--maybe--the best voters seeking immigration reform could hope for. Democrats in principle offered much more with the Dream Act, but they don't control Congress. Thus the 800,000 young people were hostages voters muight be able to redeem by voting for Romney.

Now that the President already has taken action to give the 800,000 young people working papers, any Rubio-Romney plan is moot. Their hostages are loose. There's absolutely no reason any longer for those who want immigration reform to vote for Romney. As long as President Obama remains in office, immigration reform more generous than what the Rs offered--maybe--is a FACT. The only thing that could take away those working papers is a Romney victory in November.