The more we learn about young master Marco Rubio, the less appealing a candidate he seems:
As a member of the controversial “Gang of Eight” working up comprehensive immigration reform three years ago, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio blocked bipartisan efforts to reform the worker visa program to make sure American workers get first dibs on jobs, according to a top Senate Democrat.
At a hearing on H-1B worker visas Thursday, Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois said that “a junior senator from Florida” fought to kill visa changes in the legislation that would have limited the ability of firms to replace American workers with cheaper foreign labor.
“In 2013, I was part of the Gang of Eight. Democrats and Republicans sat down and wrote, kind of, the comprehensive immigration reform. One member of the Gang of Eight, a junior senator from Florida, fought hard to keep H-1B reforms out of the bill. Nonetheless, we made several important changes in the program,” said Durbin.
Granted, this is a particularly smarmy Democrat ratting Rubio out, but still…
The Democrat has teamed with Republicans, notably Sens. Jeff Sessions and Chuck Grassley, to put the brakes on the visa worker system, believing that it encourages U.S. firms to replace more expensive American workers. Sessions has also teamed with Florida’s senior senator, Bill Nelson, on similar legislation.
Rubio has been dogged by his participation in the Gang of Eight, though he has laid out a tough immigration proposal on the campaign trail… In one of the recent GOP debates, Rubio defended his support for the H-1B visas which are supposed to be used by firms to filled high level jobs with foreign workers when an American can’t be found.
Wonder what Rubio would have to say to this guy?
https://youtu.be/YSyRMtT0-sM
Everything Rubio says is filtered through his commitment to amnesty, and the sooner GOP primary voters retire him from public service, the better.
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